FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 607 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 1015 AM EST...
* AT 606 AM EST RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS THE BASINS OF NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY. MOST OF THE QUICK RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAMS...SUCH AS
THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD AND THE HO-HO-KUS RIVER AT
HO-HO-KUS...HAVE CRESTED AND ARE RECEDING. THEY WILL FALL BELOW
THEIR RESPECTIVE FLOOD STAGES LATER THIS MORNING.
SLOWER RESPONDING RIVERS...SUCH AS THE SADDLE RIVER AT LODI AND THE
RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH ARE FORECAST TO CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD
STAGE AROUND 7 AM AND 1 PM RESPECTIVELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MINOR FLOODING MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RISE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS...PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. INCONVENIENCES CAN BE
EXPECTED BUT THE FLOODING WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY LIFE THREATENING.
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL FLOOD QUICKLY...POSSIBLY COVERING ROADS
AND FLOODING NEARBY LOW AREAS.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES...OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
LAT...LON 4119 7438 4100 7390 4086 7393 4066 7408
4066 7409 4064 7412 4064 7413 4070 7411
4059 7420 4058 7429 4059 7446 4063 7441
4067 7446 4075 7437 4090 7434 4090 7428
4099 7431 4103 7450 4108 7450
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