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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

251 PM EST WED DEC 24 2003





...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES 

UNTIL 400 PM EST...



AT 230 PM...MODERATE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING SOUTH AND WEST OF BERGEN 

AND PASSAIC COUNTIES. SOME MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG 

SOME OF THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN BOTH COUNTIES.



THE STAGE OF THE SADDLE RIVER AT LODI WAS 5.31 FT AT 2:30 PM. FLOOD 

STAGE IS 6 FT.



THE STAGE OF HO-HO-KUS BROOK AT HO-HO-KUS WAS 2.72 FT AT 2:30 PM. 

THE FLOOD STAGE IS 3 FT. 



WITH RAIN CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON...FLOODING WILL STILL BE 

POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT



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LAT...LON 4089 7425 4079 7407 4097 7394 4122 7441



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