Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWARK NJ
1045 AM EDT TUE MAY 16 1989

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY FOR SMALL STREAMS IN NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY...

LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER DELMARVA IS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWARD ALONG
THE COAST.

RAIN BEGAN FALLING AT NEWARK THIS MORNING AT 415 AM AND AS OF 1000
AM HAS DEPOSITED ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES. MANY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT
THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF NEW JERSEY HAVE RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND
ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN MAINLY IN LOCAL DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. COOPERATIVE LOCAL OBSERVERS HAVE
REPORTED HOURLY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH. THEY ALSO REPORT THAT MANY OF THE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE
EXTREMELY CLOSE TO BANKFULL.

RADAR INDICATES ANOTHER BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS
THE STATE.  THERE ARE SOME THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED WITHIN THIS AREA.
WITH THE SOIL SATURATED AND A HIGH PROBABILITY OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE..MANY AREAS IN THE VICINITY

OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS COULD EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS BEFORE DAYS
END.

THERE IS WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS -WITH
ENTRANCES TO MANY ROADWAYS BLOCKED. MAJOR ARTERIES THROUGHOUT THE
STATE REPORT EXTENSIVE DELAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR ANY TRAVEL. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE
AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND AVOID ALL
FLOODED LOW LYING AREAS. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK
ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
REMEMBER TO FOLLOW ANY INSTRUCTIONS OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
PERSONNEL. THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 1 PM EDT.

HGW/GH