Flood Advisory Just Issued for Northeast New Jersey and Southeast New York

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
727 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

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727 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN

* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
WESTERN NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT...

* AT 720 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LARGE AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TRACKING NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA. OBSERVATIONS INDICATE THAT RAINFALL RATES
OF THREE TENTHS TO ONE HALF INCH ARE OCCURRING WITHIN THE HEAVIER
BANDS.

IN ADDITION...SOME LOCATIONS OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS HAVE SEEN UP TO
AN INCH OF RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. THE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND
FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES...OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

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LAT...LON 4119 7438 4114 7424 4133 7398 4129 7349
4086 7380 4084 7380 4090 7363 4059 7374
4065 7382 4057 7399 4072 7397 4051 7419
4050 7422 4050 7424 4063 7420 4059 7446
4090 7428 4103 7450