Flash Flood Watch in Effect for Northeast NJ and Southeast NY

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
414 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

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WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
414 AM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...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)...NORTHERN NASSAU...
NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...PUTNAM...RICHMOND
(STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN NASSAU...SOUTHERN QUEENS
AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT COULD BRING
RAINFALL TOTALS OF AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME. THE GROUND REMAINS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.
THIS MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS. ROADWAYS THAT
NORMALLY FLOOD DURING HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD BE AVOIDED.

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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GOODMAN