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Sunday, March 28, 2010 9:42 AM
Flood Watch
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
414 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TONIGHT...AND STALL
OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION MONDAY WHILE A SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPS
NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST. THIS SECOND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
THEN WORK SLOWLY NORTHWARD ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COAST...
RESULTING IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVY RAINFALL FROM LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.
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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-
HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-
414 AM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND
WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS
(BROOKLYN)...NASSAU...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN
WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND)...ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* RAIN WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER
MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN SHOULD THEN CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.
* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE...COMBINED WITH NEARLY SATURATED
SOILS...POSES A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY ALONG MAIN
STEM RIVERS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY WHICH ARE STILL RUNNING
HIGH. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT RIVER AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
IS LIKELY. URBAN AND BASEMENT FLOODING ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT
THREATS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY NOW.
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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