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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

712 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 800 PM EDT



* AT 707 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL PASSAIC COUNTY. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN ONE 

AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA OVER THE PAST 

HOUR...AND THAT THE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL AT A RATE IN EXCESS OF 

ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR.



* THE AREA OF EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL STRETCH FROM NEAR POMPTON 

LAKES...THROUGH WANAQUE AND STONETOWN TO NEAR RINGWOOD. 



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.



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