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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

123 PM EST WED DEC 24 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 415 PM EST



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT LIGHT TO 

OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW 

JERSEY THIS AFTERNOON.



AN OBSERVER HAS REPORTED THAT THE SADDLE RIVER HAS CRESTED ITS BANKS 

IN THE VICINITY OF UPPER SADDLE RIVER. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 

ENDED...THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A 

HALF INCHES OF RAIN. THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAIN... 

AND INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON 

WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. FLASH 

FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF SMALL RIVERS 

AND STREAMS IN BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES.



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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