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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1016 AM EST THU DEC 11 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  WESTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 1215 PM EST



* AT 1010 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR

  INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT

  20 MPH.



SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLOOMINGDALE...BUTLER...

CHARLOTTESBURG...STONETOWN...ORANGEBURG...PEARL RIVER AND UPPER

NYACK.



AT 10 AM...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN WAS AT 4.22 FEET AND RISING. 

FLOOD STAGE IS 4.0 FEET. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE MAHWAH 

RIVER INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO EXPECTED 

ACROSS WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN BERGEN COUNTY. THESE LOCATIONS 

HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH. 

THIS HAS CAUSED SMALL STREAMS TO RISE TO NEAR BANKFULL.



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 4105 7448 4092 7428 4106 7389 4130 7399

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