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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
853 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL 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...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.
* AT 853 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. THE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE IS 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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, ORANGE, PARAMUS, LYNDHURST,
RUTHERFORD, CALDWELL, KEARNY, HAWTHORNE, FAIRFIELD, CLIFTON, EAST
ORANGE, WEST ORANGE, MONTCLAIR, BELLEVILLE, FAIR LAWN, GARFIELD AND
LIVINGSTON.
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.
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.
IF YOU ARE IN A BASEMENT, BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A HIGHER FLOOR.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
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 4095 7406 4075 7409 4077 7436 4080 7436
4082 7433 4085 7433 4086 7432 4087 7434
4091 7433 4091 7430 4090 7428 4090 7427
4092 7427 4092 7428 4093 7429 4094 7428
4097 7428
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
DBR
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