Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Dec 24, 2003, 1:23 PM EST (18:23 UTC)

Expired

Dec 24, 2003, 4:15 PM EST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ

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000 
WGUS51 KOKX 241824
FFWOKX
NJC003-031-242115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
123 PM EST WED DEC 24 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY
  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

* UNTIL 415 PM EST

* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT LIGHT TO 
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW 
JERSEY THIS AFTERNOON.

AN OBSERVER HAS REPORTED THAT THE SADDLE RIVER HAS CRESTED ITS BANKS 
IN THE VICINITY OF UPPER SADDLE RIVER. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE 
ENDED...THIS AREA HAS ALREADY RECEIVED BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A 
HALF INCHES OF RAIN. THE COMBINATION OF RUNOFF FROM PREVIOUS RAIN... 
AND INTERMITTENT LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON 
WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. FLASH 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE VICINITY OF SMALL RIVERS 
AND STREAMS IN BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES.

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. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

$$

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
UPTON NY.

LAT...LON 4104 7400 4094 7388 4081 7399 4079 7407
          4091 7427 4100 7428 4101 7437 4106 7444
          4113 7422

000 
WGUS71 KOKX 241952
FFSOKX
NJC003-031-242100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
251 PM EST WED DEC 24 2003


...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BERGEN AND PASSAIC COUNTIES 
UNTIL 400 PM EST...

AT 230 PM...MODERATE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING SOUTH AND WEST OF BERGEN 
AND PASSAIC COUNTIES. SOME MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG 
SOME OF THE SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN BOTH COUNTIES.

THE STAGE OF THE SADDLE RIVER AT LODI WAS 5.31 FT AT 2:30 PM. FLOOD 
STAGE IS 6 FT.

THE STAGE OF HO-HO-KUS BROOK AT HO-HO-KUS WAS 2.72 FT AT 2:30 PM. 
THE FLOOD STAGE IS 3 FT. 

WITH RAIN CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON...FLOODING WILL STILL BE 
POSSIBLE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT

$$

LAT...LON 4089 7425 4079 7407 4097 7394 4122 7441

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.