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NJC003-013-017-081615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

1019 AM EDT WED SEP 8 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 

BERGEN...HUDSON...AND ESSEX COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA HAS COME TO AN END. 

FLOODED ROADWAYS WILL SLOWLY DRAIN THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. 

STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD ALSO BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE. THIS SHOULD 

END THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. 



EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS STILL 

MAY BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING 

THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE 

ABANDONED.



SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH AN 

ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME. 

THIS SHOULD ONLY CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING.

  

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