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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1106 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  EASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  EASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  NORTHERN HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY



* UNTIL 100 PM EDT



* AT 1103 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR LYNDHURST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.



* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE NEAR...

  MOONACHIE AND TETERBORO AROUND 1115 AM

  RIDGEFIELD AROUND 1120 AM

  HACKENSACK AND FORT LEE AROUND 1125 AM

  ENGLEWOOD AROUND 1135 AM

  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWTHORNE AROUND 1140 AM

  BERGENFIELD AND ORADELL AROUND 1145 AM



SOME OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KEARNY...NORWOOD AND

UNION CITY.



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.



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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 4072 7429 4068 7406 4099 7387 4108 7407

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