FLOOD ADVISORY JUST ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST NJ AND SOUTHEAST NY

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
652 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011

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652 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 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...
EASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 815 AM EDT...

* AT 651 AM EDT RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY INTO THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW
YORK. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR WAS OBSERVED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY. AS SUCH...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING IS EXPECTED
LOCALLY.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4059 7421 4058 7445 4065 7441 4067 7446
4074 7437 4086 7432 4090 7434 4090 7428
4098 7430 4101 7440 4158 7427 4156 7397
4145 7398 4150 7392 4152 7356 4067 7407
4056 7410 4054 7412 4051 7424

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