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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
539 PM EDT THU AUG 20 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
EASTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.
* AT 539 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. THE EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 0.5 TO 1.5 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 INDICATED.
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...
NEWARK, JERSEY CITY, PATERSON, ELIZABETH, FLATBUSH, PASSAIC,
BAYONNE, WAYNE, MOTT HAVEN, HOBOKEN, BLOOMFIELD, HACKENSACK,
LINDEN, ORANGE, BERGENFIELD, PARAMUS, RIDGEWOOD, CONEY ISLAND,
LYNDHURST AND RUTHERFORD.
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.
LAT...LON 4100 7426 4098 7390 4092 7392 4091 7388
4053 7392 4054 7395 4057 7394 4056 7401
4058 7401 4061 7404 4058 7406 4052 7413
4052 7416 4049 7424 4049 7426 4055 7425
4056 7422 4059 7420 4060 7422 4059 7429
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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