>FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
345 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011
…HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT…
WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-
345 AM EST WED DEC 7 2011
…FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING AREAS…EASTERN BERGEN…EASTERN ESSEX…EASTERN
PASSAIC…EASTERN UNION…HUDSON…WESTERN BERGEN…WESTERN
ESSEX…WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION.
* FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PASS JUST SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT…BRINGING A PERIOD OF MODERATE
TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE
FROM TWO TO TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL
DURING THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT.
* THE RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS…POOR DRAINAGE
AND URBAN AREAS…AND ROADWAYS. THE LARGER RIVERS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE AT THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO
FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING
DEVELOP.
