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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
655 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

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ORANGE NY-ROCKLAND NY-BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
655 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN...
  ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

* UNTIL 900 AM EST

* AT 649 AM EST...A LINE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED THROUGH 
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND WILL BE CROSSING INTO PORTIONS OF 
WESTCHESTER NEW YORK...NEW YORK CITY METRO...FAIRFIELD 
CONNECTICUT...AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR. THE 
RAINFALL AND EXCESS RUNOFF WILL STILL LEAD TO RISES FOR RIVERS AND 
STREAMS WITH SOME EXCEEDING THEIR BANKS. PARTICULARLY...THE MAHWAH 
RIVER AT SUFFERN HAS JUST EXCEEDED ITS FLOOD STAGE AND IS STILL 
RISING. SOME OTHER RIVERS SUCH AS THE HO-HO-KUS BROOK COULD REACH 
ITS FLOOD STAGE WITH RUNOFF IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS WILL CAUSE 
AREAL FLOODING OF NEARBY LOCATIONS.

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...

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.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST
FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO
CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING
WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

&&

LAT...LON 4130 7424 4122 7394 4117 7391 4116 7390
      4086 7401 4106 7440

$$

JM