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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

505 PM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK



* UNTIL 700 PM EDT



* AT 503 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE REGION...MOVING ONLY SLOWLY         

  EAST. BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS      

  THESE AREAS...AND WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH IN ONE      

  HOUR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND POOR DRAINAGE AND  

  LOW LYING AREAS ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE. 



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 OCCURRING OR IS

IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT

ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS

THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL

ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP 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.



LAT...LON 4063 7513 4040 7422 4091 7391 4098 7373

      4148 7353 4160 7467

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