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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

417 PM EDT WED JUN 19 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RIDGEWOOD...HACKENSACK...

  BERGENFIELD...PARAMUS



* UNTIL 615 PM EDT



* AT 411 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY

  RAIN OVER HACKENSACK...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PATERSON.  THE

  AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PARAMUS...5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWTHORNE...6

  MILES SOUTH OF RIDGEWOOD...6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORADELL AT 615 PM

  EDT



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY

RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN

UPTON NY.



LAT...LON 4084 7411 4084 7402 4089 7397 4099 7403

          4097 7417 4091 7413

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