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FLOOD ADVISORY: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
829 AM EST FRI DEC 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IN…
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
* UNTIL 1000 AM EST…
* AT 825 AM EST…WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS EXITED THE
AREA…RESIDUAL STANDING WATER AND CONTINUED RUNOFF WILL RESULT IN
MINOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IN ADDITION…SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS
ACROSS THE REGION ARE NEAR BANKFULL. WATERS LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY
FALL THIS MORNING.
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.
