FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN... BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 530 PM EDT

FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
327 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

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BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
327 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EDT

* AT 324 PM EDT...SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS ROCKLAND AND
WESTCHESTER COUNTY WERE STILL ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. MODERATE FLOODING
CONTINUES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE HACKENSACK RIVER IN BERGEN COUNTY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4119 7437 4100 7390 4080 7398 4080 7400
4082 7403 4076 7409 4076 7413 4078 7414
4081 7413 4089 7428 4097 7428 4099 7431
4102 7444 4104 7444 4103 7450 4108 7451

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DSW