Full Notification

FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED -

Areal Flood Warning

Now - Wednesday, Apr 30, 10:00pm
National Weather Service Alerts for Saddle River, NJ

...THE FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN PASSAIC...UNION...WESTCHESTER...BERGEN... ESSEX...HUDSON...ROCKLAND...PUTNAM AND SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTIES...

AT 740 PM EDT MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL RIVERS AND STREAMS HAVE RISEN ABOVE THEIR MINOR FLOOD BENCHMARKS. SOME INCLUDE THE RAHWAY RIVER...HOHOKUS BROOK AND MAHWAH RIVER. CONTROLLED WATER RELEASES ON THE ELIZABETH RIVER HAVE ALSO PUT THE GAGE AT URSINO LAKE AROUND A FOOT ABOVE ITS MINOR FLOOD LEVEL. PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL EXPECTED THROUGH 10 PM. ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
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THE SADDLE RIVER HAS A NOAA MONITORING STATION NEAR LAKE STREET IN UPPER SADDLE RIVER. THAT STATION IS APPROACHING FLOOD STAGE. VISIT THE LINK BELOW TO MONITOR THE WATER LEVELS AS THEY CHANGE.

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=okx&gage=sadn4