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WGUS71 KOKX 112029

FFSOKX

NJC003-031-039-NYC087-112230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

330 PM EST THU DEC 11 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 PM FOR ROCKLAND COUNTY 

IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BERGEN...PASSAIC AND UNION COUNTIES IN NEW 

JERSEY...



EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE WARNED 

COUNTIES...RISES ON STREAMS AND LEFTOVER POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING 

CONTINUES TO BE A PROBLEM.



AT 315 PM...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN WAS AT 5.32 FEET AND ITS 

SLOWLY FALLING. FLOOD STAGE IS 4 FEET. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL 

EXPECTED ALONG THE MAHWAH RIVER FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 

AFTERNOON.     



AT 315 PM...THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD WAS AT 5.44 FEET AND IT 

CONTINUES TO FALL. THIS STAGE IS BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 5.5 FEET. 

FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED ALONG THE RAHWAY RIVER. 



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

ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO

HIGHER GROUND.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR THE LATEST 

WEATHER INFORMATION.



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LAT...LON 4120 7438 4066 7461 4057 7423 4066 7420

          4074 7436 4088 7427 4092 7401 4099 7389

          4133 7396 4116 7426

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