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NJC003-031-039-NYC087-112230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...UPDATED TO ADD SADDLE RIVER INFO...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

451 PM EST THU DEC 11 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR UNION COUNTY NEW JERSEY HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED...



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

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

JERSEY...



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE WARNED COUNTIES...BUT HIGH 

WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM ON LOCAL WATERWAYS EARLY 

THIS EVENING.



AT 430 PM...THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD WAS AT 4.92 FEET AND IT 

CONTINUES TO FALL. THIS STAGE IS NOW WELL BELOW ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 

5.5 FEET. NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE RAHWAY RIVER. 



AT 445 PM...THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN WAS AT 5.02 FEET AND IS 

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

EXPECTED ALONG THE MAHWAH RIVER INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.



AT 445 PM...THE SADDLE RIVER AT LODI WAS AT 5.70 FEET AND HAS BEEN 

NEARLY STEADY SINCE ABOUT 400 PM. FLOOD STAGE IS 6 FEET. SOME MINOR 

FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE LODI AREA BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

OFFICIALS.  THE SADDLE RIVER SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE SHORTLY 

AND ANY LINGERING FLOOD PROBLEMS SHOULD END DURING THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF HOURS.



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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