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WGUS71 KOKX 211554
FFSOKX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1054 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

NJC003-031-NYC071-087-211645-
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ORANGE NY-ROCKLAND NY-BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
1054 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EST FOR
PASSAIC...NORTHWESTERN BERGEN...ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN ORANGE
COUNTIES...

AT 1041 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 2 
TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 
THIS COMBINED WITH CONTINUED RUNOFF HAS PRODUCED RISING WATERS ON 
AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WITH SOME LOCATIONS EXCEEDING THEIR BANKFULL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4120 7437 4121 7438 4138 7424 4141 7396
      4138 7395 4132 7398 4129 7394 4126 7397
      4125 7397 4120 7392 4115 7393 4093 7408
      4101 7436 4108 7449

$$

DSW