Flood Watch (EAS #212)

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Channel: SPCcranford1056 · 2011 · Film & Animation

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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH 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 SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT

* BASED ON THE FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE IRENE TORRENTIAL RAINS
  ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THOUGH SUNDAY
  EVENING. THE EXACT TRACK OF IRENE WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE
  HEAVIEST AXIS OF RAIN SETS UP...BUT A SIGNIFICANT FLOOD
  POTENTIAL EXISTS AREAWIDE.

* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO
  MAJOR SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE TRI-STATE RIVER
  BASINS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD URBAN AND POOR
  DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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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