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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH

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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
428 AM EDT TUE AUG 12 2014…HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY…

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* ALL OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES MOVES INTO
SOUTHERN CANADA TODAY…AN ONSHORE FLOW OF DEEP TROPICAL
MOISTURE WILL DEVELOP…AND SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD
EASTWARD INTO THE REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS MOISTURE
WILL BE WRUNG OUT BY AN UPSLOPE FLOW OVER INTERIOR
SECTIONS…AND ALSO BY A SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPING NEAR THE AREA
LATE TONIGHT…AND THEN MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS DURING THE
DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

* SHOWERS WILL LIKELY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. RAINFALL RATES
OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE LIKELY DURING THE PERIODS OF
HEAVIEST RAIN…AND WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 1/2 TO 3
INCHES AND LOCALLY OVER 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

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.

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Flood Watch for Bergen County – Wednesday PM to Thursday AM

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Flood Watch for Bergen County – Wednesday PM to Thursday AM

Advisory: Flood Watch in effect for Bergen Co. area from Wed. Afternoon thru Thurs. Morning.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…BERGEN…ESSEX…HUDSON…PASSAIC AND UNION COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…ALL OF NEW YORK CITY…AND ROCKLAND…WESTCHESTER AND NASSAU COUNTIES. 

* FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 

* RAIN WITH AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM SHOULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE DAY WEDNESDAY. FLOODING OF URBAN…LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS THE WEDNESDAY EVENING RUSH HOUR…WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED BY THAT TIME. 

* AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES WEDNESDAY NIGHT…STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WILL INCREASE TO 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS…INCREASING THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD…SIGNIFICANT URBAN…LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING…AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS. 

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.

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FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT LATE THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW AM

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FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT LATE THIS EVENING AND TOMORROW AM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
406 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014

…HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY…

…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING…

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… WESTERN BERGEN…WESTERN
ESSEX…WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK…NORTHERN WESTCHESTER…ORANGE… PUTNAM…ROCKLAND AND
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING

* AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKS FROM THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TODAY AND INTO
THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BY THIS EVENING…STEADY RAIN WILL
DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN SHOULD THEN BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AND LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES
COULD CA– USE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS…AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT
URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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.