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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IN... ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 315 PM EDT... * AT 1212 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA AND TRACKING TO THE NORTHEAST. ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THIS SAME AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. RAINFALL RATES WILL EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR IN THE HEAVIEST STORMS. AS A RESULT...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

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. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED.

Impact Area(s): Bergen; Eastern Union; Essex; Passaic