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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

443 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  NORTHERN HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 545 PM EDT



* AT 439 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING AROUND THE NEWARK AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 

20 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN 1 AND 1 1/2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE 

LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS.



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

AROUND 450 PM...HOBOKEN AND LYNDHURST AROUND 455 PM...UNION CITY AND 

WEEHAWKEN AROUND 500 PM...RIDGEFIELD AROUND 510 PM...FORT LEE AROUND 

515 PM AND ENGLEWOOD AROUND 520 PM



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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 4090 7389 4069 7408 4066 7416 4071 7426

          4071 7437 4091 7435 4091 7427 4087 7414

          4099 7400



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