Flood Watch Issued for Northeast NJ!

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
317 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...

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WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-
317 PM EST TUE NOV 22 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY.

* FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY MORNING...BRINGING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN EXPECTED BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM WEDNESDAY.

* THE RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...POOR DRAINAGE
AND URBAN AREAS...AND ROADWAYS. LARGE RIVERS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
REACH FLOOD STAGES AT THIS TIME.

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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