WGUS41 KPHI 202338
FLWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
738 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2024

...The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a Flood 
Warning for the following rivers in New Jersey...

  Passaic River At Pine Brook affecting Morris, Passaic and Essex 
  Counties.

For the Passaic River...including Pine Brook...Minor flooding is 
forecast.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most 
flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/phi.

The next statement will be issued Wednesday morning at 745 AM EDT.

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NJC013-027-031-211145-
/O.NEW.KPHI.FL.W.0099.240821T0000Z-240821T1200Z/
/PINN4.1.ER.240821T0000Z.240821T0000Z.240821T0600Z.NO/
738 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Passaic River at Pine Brook.

* WHEN...Until tomorrow morning.

* IMPACTS...At 19.0 feet, Street flooding begins in Fairfield 
  including Camp Lane Road. Two Bridges Road is closed going into 
  Lincoln Park and Wayne.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:15 PM EDT Tuesday the stage was 18.95 feet and rising.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 19.0
    feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage just
    after midnight tonight.
  - Flood stage is 19.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    19.0 feet on 06/15/2003.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

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Stream          Fld   Observed        Fcsts (8 pm)        Crest
Location        Stg   Stg Day/Time    Wed  Thu        Stg Time Date

Passaic River
Pine Brook      19.0  18.95 Tue 7 pm  18.7 18.0       19.0 8pm 8/20


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LAT...LON 4088 7427 4082 7430 4081 7438 4088 7435


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