Weather Alert & Council Meeting

3- July-2014
  The Bogota Office of Emergency Management has issued the following update for the weather condition dealing with Hurricane Arthur:

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Until 7/3/2014 10:00:00 PM

WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 391

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

213 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

391 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING

AREAS

IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

FAIRFIELD NEW HAVEN

IN NEW JERSEY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

BERGEN ESSEX HUDSON

PASSAIC UNION

IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

BRONX KINGS (BROOKLYN) NASSAU

NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) ORANGE PUTNAM

QUEENS RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)

ROCKLAND WESTCHESTER

Flash Flood Watch Until 7/4/2014 12:00:00 PM

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

346 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-

EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-

EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-

SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-

RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-

SOUTHERN QUEENS-

346 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING

THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...

EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN

UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN

PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...

KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN QUEENS...

NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN

ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BEFORE

DEPARTING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL

INTERACT WITH SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE REGION

FROM THE SOUTH...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. A TOTAL

OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY

HIGHER AMOUNTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...HELPING TO

ENHANCE THESE RAINFALL TOTALS.

* THE MAIN IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FLOODING OF URBANIZED

AREAS...ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SMALL STREAM

FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD

TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION

SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

Tito Jackson

Mayor

Emergency Management Coordinator

Thursday-3-July

Bogota

The Bogota Borough Council will be holding their regular Council meeting  and work session starting at 7:30p in Council Chambers.  The Bogota Borough Hall is located at 375 Larch Ave, Bogota , NJ. This meeting is open to the public.

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