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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1025 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
EASTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 130 PM EDT.
* AT 1025 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
1 AND 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE
IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING
OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
PATERSON, PASSAIC, WAYNE, BLOOMFIELD, HACKENSACK, BERGENFIELD,
PARAMUS, RIDGEWOOD, LYNDHURST, RUTHERFORD, RAMSEY, CALDWELL,
HAWTHORNE, ORADELL, FAIRFIELD, NORWOOD, TETERBORO, CLIFTON,
TEANECK AND MONTCLAIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
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 4085 7433 4086 7432 4087 7434 4090 7434
4091 7432 4090 7428 4090 7427 4091 7427
4092 7428 4093 7429 4094 7428 4097 7428
4098 7429 4113 7421 4101 7392 4081 7404
4081 7406 4079 7408 4083 7433
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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