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WGUS51 KOKX 211443
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NJC003-031-NYC071-087-211645-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.W.0035.121221T1443Z-121221T1645Z/
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
943 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  NORTHWESTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1145 AM EST...

* AT 936 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS IN ROCKLAND COUNTY 
HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT 
FELL EARLIER THIS MORNING. RIVER AND STREAMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 
CONTINUE TO RISE AND IN SOME CASES MAY EXCEED THEIR BANKFULL. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

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

$$

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