Monday, December 8, 2014

Areal Flood Watch Areal Flood Watch in effect from Tuesday, 6:00 AM EST until Wednesday, 1:00 AM EST. Source: U.S. National Weather Service

NORTHERN WESTCHESTER:

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

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
MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON...
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN
AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. 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)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...
NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN NASSAU...
SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
SUFFOLK.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT

* A SLOW MOVING COASTAL LOW WILL PARALLEL THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON
TUESDAY...PASSING ACROSS LONG ISLAND IN THE EVENING. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

* RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE
TIME THE EVENT ENDS TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...BUT SOME SMALL RIVERS AND STREAM ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY MAY REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL.
THIS SAME REGION RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL JUST A
COUPLE OF DAY AGO.

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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SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER:

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

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
MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON...
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN
AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. 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)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...
NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN NASSAU...
SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
SUFFOLK.

* FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT

* A SLOW MOVING COASTAL LOW WILL PARALLEL THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON
TUESDAY...PASSING ACROSS LONG ISLAND IN THE EVENING. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL SPREAD INTO THE REGION EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AND
PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY.

* RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE BY THE
TIME THE EVENT ENDS TUESDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE
POSSIBLE. THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE
FLOODING...BUT SOME SMALL RIVERS AND STREAM ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY MAY REACH OR EXCEED BANKFULL.
THIS SAME REGION RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL JUST A
COUPLE OF DAY AGO.

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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