924
WGUS71 KOKX 311837
FFSOKX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
237 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
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BERGEN NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ-PASSAIC NJ-
237 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL BERGEN, ESSEX, HUDSON AND EASTERN PASSAIC
COUNTIES...
AT 237 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PATERSON, PASSAIC, WAYNE, BLOOMFIELD, HACKENSACK, ORANGE,
BERGENFIELD, PARAMUS, RIDGEWOOD, LYNDHURST, MILLBURN, RUTHERFORD,
SECAUCUS, HARRISON, CALDWELL, KEARNY, HAWTHORNE, ORADELL,
FAIRFIELD AND TETERBORO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW! THIS IS A DANGEROUS AND LIFE-THREATENING
SITUATION. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL UNLESS YOU ARE FLEEING AN AREA
SUBJECT TO FLOODING OR UNDER AN EVACUATION ORDER.
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4076 7436 4076 7438 4079 7437 4082 7433
4085 7433 4086 7432 4087 7434 4091 7433
4090 7428 4090 7427 4091 7427 4093 7429
4095 7428 4097 7428 4098 7430 4099 7430
4099 7396 4073 7409 4074 7437
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
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