Flood Watch for Northeast New Jersey and Southeast NY

Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
337 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE INTO
CANADA TONIGHT. THIS LOW DRAG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE
AREA...WHERE ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE
ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA.

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-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)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
337 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST
NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...
NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN NEW
HAVEN. 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 QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...
ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...
SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE INTO CANADA
TONIGHT. AS THIS LOW MOVES NORTHWARD IT WILL DRAG A FRONTAL
BOUNDARY ACROSS THE AREA. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONTAL BOUNDRY. AS A RESULT...ONE TO ONE
AND HALF INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE
AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

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.

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