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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
857 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009

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857 PM EDT SAT OCT 24 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...
  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT...

* WHILE MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ALREADY ENDED...POCKETS OF 
LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.  
THIS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUAL RISES ON MANY SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS 
THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE SMALL RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CREST AT OR JUST ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING...RESULTING IN MINOR 
TO MODERATE FLOODING IN THEIR IMMEDIATE VICINITY. THE QUICK REACTIVE 
NATURE OF THESE STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS WILL ALLOW THEM TO CREST 
AND THEN START TO RECEDE RATHER QUICKLY THIS EVENING.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED.
HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.

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LAT...LON 4112 7422 4098 7389 4080 7398 4081 7401
      4082 7402 4081 7404 4082 7415 4089 7428
      4091 7428 4092 7429 4097 7428 4098 7430

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