Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued May 31 at 4:13PM EDT expiring May 31 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Upton NY
Issued: 2015-05-31T16:13:24-04:00
Expires: 2015-05-31T19:15:00-04:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 7:15 PM EDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY…
ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY…
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY…
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY…

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 413 PM EDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
NEWARK…JERSEY CITY…ELIZABETH…BAYONNE…HOBOKEN…
PLAINFIELD…BLOOMFIELD…LINDEN…SUMMIT…LYNDHURST…MILLBURN…
SECAUCUS…HARRISON…RIDGEFIELD…ORANGE…UNION CITY…KEARNY…
CLARK…UNION AND CLIFTON.
Instruction: TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Eastern Union; Essex; Hudson

Message Identifier: NWS-141029-853974-823685
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings