Flash Flood Watch for Northeastern New Jersey for This Afternoon and Evening

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
418 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 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-
418 AM EDT FRI MAY 20 2011

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN
ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN
BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOW PRESSURE
SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE REGION COULD BRING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE AREA ARE
EXPECTED TO AVERAGE UNDER ONE INCH THROUGH THIS
EVENING...SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE RELATIVELY
SLOWLY AND COULD PRODUCE OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL IN AN HOUR OR
TWO. THIS...COMBINED WITH A SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT
RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS.

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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