Flash Flood Watch Flash Flood Watch in effect from Thursday, 8:00 AM EDT until Friday, 12:00 PM EDT. Source: U.S. National Weather Service

NORTHERN WESTCHESTER:

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGHFRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...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 THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ON THURSDAY BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING IN FROM THE SOUTH...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. A TOTAL OF AN INCH TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...HELPING TO ENHANCE THESE RAINFALL TOTALS.

* THE MAIN IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FLOODING OF URBANIZED AREAS...ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER:

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGHFRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...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 THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH ON THURSDAY BEFORE SLOWLY MOVING THROUGH THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING IN FROM THE SOUTH...RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. A TOTAL OF AN INCH TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FALL WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...HELPING TO ENHANCE THESE RAINFALL TOTALS.

* THE MAIN IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FLOODING OF URBANIZED AREAS...ROADWAYS...AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.