FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1119 PM EST SAT DEC 26 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 315 AM EST...
* AT 1114 PM EST STEADY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL
ACROSS THE BASINS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY THROUGH 2 AM. RUNOFF FROM
THIS RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH MELTING SNOW HAS CAUSED RISES
ACROSS THE QUICK RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAM OF NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY.
THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD IS CURRENTLY ABOVE CAUTION STAGE AND
CONTINUES TO RISE. THE HO-HO-KUS RIVER AT HO-HO-KUS IS CURRENTLY
ABOVE ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 3.0 FEET. AT THESE LEVELS ONLY MINOR
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED OR IS EXPECTED. RIVER AND STREAMS SHOULD
CREST SHORTLY AND SUBSIDE LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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