THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE RIDGEWOOD AREA

Severe Thunderstorm Watch

135 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 535 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

. NEW JERSEY COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ATLANTIC BERGEN BURLINGTON
CAMDEN CAPE MAY CUMBERLAND
ESSEX GLOUCESTER HUDSON
HUNTERDON MERCER MIDDLESEX
MONMOUTH MORRIS OCEAN
PASSAIC SALEM SOMERSET
SUSSEX UNION WARREN

Flash Flood Warning
FLASH FLOOD WARNING

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
240 PM EDT SAT JUL 28 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
NORTHERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…
ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
SOUTHEASTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT…

* AT 235 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL RATES OF OVER TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
ACTIVITY…RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WARNED
AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.