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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
836 AM EDT FRI AUG 9 2013
…FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING…
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS…IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHERN
FAIRFIELD. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…EASTERN BERGEN…EASTERN
PASSAIC…WESTERN BERGEN AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK…NORTHERN WESTCHESTER…ORANGE…PUTNAM AND ROCKLAND.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RESULTED IN LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY…NORTHERN FAIRFIELD…AND NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. MORE
HEAVY RAINFALL FROM ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. DUE TO THE PREVIOUS
RAINFALL…LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT FROM ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN.
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR
RAINFALL RATES THROUGH THIS EVENING.
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.
