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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
752 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
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BERGEN NJ-PASSAIC NJ-ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-ROCKLAND NY-WESTCHESTER
NY-
752 PM EDT SUN AUG 18 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN BERGEN, PASSAIC, SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE,
WESTERN PUTNAM, ROCKLAND AND NORTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 752 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 INCH IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEW CITY, WEST MILFORD, PEEKSKILL, MONSEY, RAMSEY, RINGWOOD,
HAVERSTRAW, POMPTON LAKES, SUFFERN, MONROE, WEST POINT,
SLOATSBURG, COLD SPRING, BLOOMINGDALE, GREENWOOD LAKE, POMONA,
HARRIMAN, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, UPPER GREENWOOD LAKE AND SPRING VALLEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE
AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4129 7431 4134 7415 4144 7414 4142 7406
4145 7400 4144 7398 4146 7396 4149 7388
4127 7377 4096 7428 4100 7430 4103 7442
4102 7443 4104 7443 4105 7445 4104 7450
4107 7449 4109 7450 4120 7437
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1 INCH IN 1 HOUR
JM
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