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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
108 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
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BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ-PASSAIC NJ-UNION NJ-RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND) NY-
108 PM EDT SAT MAR 23 2024
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
..REPLACES FLOOD ADVISORY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BERGEN, ESSEX, HUDSON, PASSAIC AND UNION AND SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTY, RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND).
* WHEN...UNTIL 800 PM EDT SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. STREAMS
CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF. EXPECT MANY AREAS OF SLOW
MOVING OR STANDING WATER.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 107 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES
INDICATED HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
MEADOW BROOK, RAMAPO RIVER, RAMSEY BROOK, HACKENSACK RIVER,
SAWMILL CREEK, PASSAIC RIVER, SOUTH BRANCH RAHWAY RIVER,
HOHOKUS BROOK, SADDLE RIVER, MAHWAH RIVER AND SADDLE BROOK.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWARK, JERSEY CITY, PATERSON, ELIZABETH, PASSAIC, BAYONNE,
WAYNE, PLAINFIELD, BLOOMFIELD, HACKENSACK, LINDEN, ORANGE,
BERGENFIELD, PARAMUS, WEST MILFORD, RIDGEWOOD, SUMMIT,
LYNDHURST, MILLBURN AND RUTHERFORD.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS, CULVERTS, CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
LAT...LON 4091 7433 4091 7427 4100 7430 4102 7443
4105 7445 4104 7450 4109 7450 4120 7437
4100 7390 4071 7405 4065 7407 4060 7404
4048 7425 4048 7426 4060 7422 4060 7446
4066 7440 4067 7446 4075 7436
JMC
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