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FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
346 AM EDT THU JUN 27 2013
…FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON…
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
* LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY…THEN MOVE NORTH
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME
INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM
INTERACTS WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA. THIS
ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY.
* THIS SETUP IS CONDUCIVE TO BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA. LOCALIZED RAINFALL
RATES COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR IF THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN
OVER THE SAME AREA FOR AN HOUR…WHICH WOULD CA– USE URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING.
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.
