FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 308 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 615 AM EST...
* AT 306 AM EST SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN WAS STILL FALLING ACROSS THE
BASINS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL COME TO AN END
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH MELTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
RISES ACROSS THE QUICK RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAM OF NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY.
SPECIFICALLY...THE RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD AND THE HO-HO-KUS
RIVER AT HO-HO-KUS ARE CURRENTLY BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 FT ABOVE THEIR
RESPECTIVE FLOOD STAGES. LOCAL AUTHORITIES HAVE VERIFIED THAT NO
PROBLEMS ARE OCCURRING ALONG THESE RIVERS AT THIS TIME.
THE MAHWAH RIVER AT SUFFERN HAS JUST EXCEEDED ITS FLOOD STAGE OF 4
FT. THE ELIZABETH RIVER AT URSINO LAKE AND THE PECKMAN RIVER AT
VERONA HAVE CRESTED AND ARE BOTH NOW BELOW THEIR CAUTION STAGES.
RIVER AND STREAMS SHOULD CREST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND FALL BACK
BELOW FLOOD STAGE EARLY THIS 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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