FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST NJ AND SOUTHEAST NY

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
325 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

...FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...NEW YORK
CITY...AND FAIRFIELD COUNTY...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-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-
325 PM EDT MON MAY 16 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

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 AND
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD. 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 TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

* A NEARLY STATIONARY STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES
WILL PUSH A CONSTANT STREAM OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS COMBINED WITH UPSLOPE LOW LEVEL
FLOW...AND POCKETS OF CONVECTION ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL...WILL PRODUCE 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL
COULD CAUSE THE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL
AS FLOOD PRONE URBAN AREAS.

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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