FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
425 AM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
…HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING…
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT…
* FROM 11 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO EASTERN CANADA WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT
THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO
GULF AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS…ARE LIKELY TO CA– USE SIGNIFICANT URBAN…LOW LYING AND
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. IN ADDITION TO
URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING…FLASHY SMALL STREAM AND RIVER
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR ICE JAM
FLOODING. IF ANY OF THE LARGER RIVERS OR STREAMS FLOOD…THIS
COULD LINGER AWHILE AFTER RAIN HAS ENDED.
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.