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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
359 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
…HURRICANE IRENE EXPECTED TO BRING TORRENTIAL RAINS AND
POTENTIALLY MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING…
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-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)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
359 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2011
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHERN FAIRFIELD…NORTHERN
MIDDLESEX…NORTHERN NEW HAVEN…NORTHERN NEW LONDON…
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD…SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX…SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN
AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. 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)…NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK…
NORTHERN NASSAU…NORTHERN QUEENS…NORTHERN WESTCHESTER…
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK…ORANGE…PUTNAM…RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND)…ROCKLAND…SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK…SOUTHERN NASSAU…
SOUTHERN QUEENS…SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
SUFFOLK.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT
* BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE…TORRENTIAL
RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE EXACT
TRACK OF IRENE WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAIN
SETS UP…BUT A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD POTENTIAL EXISTS AREAWIDE.
* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO
MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE RIVER
BASINS. IN ADDITION…SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE AN ISSUE.
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.