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FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
741 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2024
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
JERSEY...
PASSAIC RIVER AT PINE BROOK AFFECTING MORRIS, PASSAIC AND ESSEX
COUNTIES.
FOR THE PASSAIC RIVER...INCLUDING PINE BROOK...MINOR FLOODING IS
FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS EVENING AT 745 PM EDT.
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741 AM EDT WED AUG 21 2024
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PASSAIC RIVER AT PINE BROOK.
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 19.0 FEET, STREET FLOODING BEGINS IN FAIRFIELD
INCLUDING CAMP LANE ROAD. TWO BRIDGES ROAD IS CLOSED GOING INTO
LINCOLN PARK AND WAYNE.
AT 19.5 FEET, HORSENECK ROAD IN FAIRFIELD IS SUBJECT TO FLOODING
AND CLOSURES.
AT 20.0 FEET, EAGLE ROCK AVENUE IN ROSELAND IS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING. CAMP LANE ROAD, RIVER EDGE DRIVE AND BROADWAY LANE IN
FAIRFIELD ARE FLOODED. STEWART PLACE IS CLOSED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 7:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 19.0 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 7:15 AM EDT WEDNESDAY WAS 19.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 17.6 FEET EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 19.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
19.0 FEET ON 06/15/2003.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
STREAM FLD OBSERVED FCSTS (8 AM) CREST
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME THU FRI STG TIME DATE
PASSAIC RIVER
PINE BROOK 19.0 19.0 WED 7 AM 18.6 17.9 CRESTED & FALLING
LAT...LON 4088 7427 4082 7430 4081 7438 4088 7435
AKL
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