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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY Warning Issue Date: 100 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 Warning Expiration: 345 AM EDT FRI MAY 24 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... EASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... EASTERN PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... * UNTIL 345 AM EDT... * AT 1251 AM EDT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THROUGH 200 AM. BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION SINCE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1/4 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED THROUGH 400 AM. MINOR FLOODING OF SOME SMALL STREAMS...SUCH AS THE PASCACK BROOK AT WESTWOOD IN BERGEN COUNTY NJ...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 AM AS A RESULT. IN ADDITION...MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREA IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MOST FLOODING DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. && LAT...LON 4088 7376 4092 7392 4074 7402 4071 7407 4075 7421 4086 7420 4097 7414 4109 7412 4115 7419 4123 7411 4132 7398 4136 7356 4147 7353 4148 7333 4151 7331 4152 7317 4155 7317 4160 7305 |