FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
336 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...
.A STEADY RAIN WILL DEVELOP INTO TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN SLOWLY TRACKS TO THE SOUTH OF LONG
ISLAND SUNDAY. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT.
336 AM EST FRI MAR 12 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...
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...BERGEN...
EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC.
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN
WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...
QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
* ON AND OFF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE TODAY WILL BECOME STEADIER
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
TOTALS. FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND THE LOWER
HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK...2 AND ONE HALF TO 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IS LIKELY. THIS AMOUNT OF
RAIN...ALONG WITH EXISTING SNOWPACK ACROSS HIGHER
ELEVATIONS...WILL RESULT IN POOR DRAINAGE AND RIVER FLOODING
ACROSS MANY AREAS. THE RAINFALL WILL LIGHTEN BY SUNDAY.
* FURTHER EAST...2 AND ONE HALF TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS IS LIKELY. PLENTY OF RUNOFF IS EXPECTED AS ALREADY
SATURATED GROUNDS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME ABSORBING THIS AMOUNT OF
RAINFALL. THIS WILL LEAD TO URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUNDS AND HIGH WATER TABLES
ACROSS COASTAL AREAS... BASEMENT FLOODING COULD BE EXPERIENCED.
THE RAINFALL WILL LIGHTEN BY SUNDAY.
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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