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Flash Flood Warning
NJC003-NYC087-119-232100-
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ROCKLAND NY-BERGEN NJ-WESTCHESTER NY-
356 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
WESTCHESTER...BERGEN AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...

AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA. WHERE THE RAIN HAS ENDED...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK
INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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 UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 4128 7380 4116 7365 4110 7372 4109 7372
4085 7402 4092 7413 4094 7415 4097 7414
4098 7416 4098 7418 4098 7420

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Flood Advisory
NJC003-013-031-039-NYC071-079-087-119-232115-
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ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-ESSEX NJ-BERGEN NJ-WESTCHESTER NY-
UNION NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
255 PM EDT THU MAY 23 2013

...THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
515 PM EDT FOR PASSAIC...NORTH CENTRAL UNION...WESTCHESTER...
BERGEN...ESSEX...ROCKLAND...PUTNAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 254 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA...WITH SOME
LOCATIONS RECEIVING UP TO 3 INCHES. ADDITIONAL HEAVY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER AND TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE
REGION. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAN BE
EXPECTED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN AREAS...
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

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 4162 7413 4146 7399 4145 7396 4116 7367
4077 7413 4078 7415 4066 7426 4073 7439
4086 7433 4090 7434 4091 7429 4090 7428
4097 7429 4100 7432 4102 7443 4105 7445
4104 7450 4109 7450 4120 7437 4129 7456

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