THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN * URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR... HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT... * AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH RAINFALL RATES OVER 1 INCH PER HOUR. THESE SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY TRACK TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGH 4 PM. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS ACTIVITY MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. 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.
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