[CTSARA] SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLOOD STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1142 AM EST WED DEC 01 2010
Expiration: 245 PM EST WED DEC 01 2010
 
 
1141 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR
  DRAINAGE AREAS IN...
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  NEW LONDON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 245 PM EST...
* MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAINFALL

RATES OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH PER HOUR WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALSO CLOG DRAINS...WHICH
WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MINOR FLOODING MEANS THAT ALTHOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RISE OUT OF
THEIR BANKS...PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL BE MINIMAL. INCONVENIENCES CAN BE
EXPECTED BUT THE FLOODING WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY LIFE THREATENING.
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE FLOODING THREAT INCREASES...OR A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
LAT...LON 4134 7183 4124 7253 4123 7287 4127 7291
      4129 7291 4115 7310 4117 7317 4092 7387
      4122 7359 4161 7351 4151 7344 4148 7334
      4165 7298 4157 7294 4156 7286 4163 7269
      4160 7234 4170 7227 4165 7180
$$
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WIND ADVISORY
Issue Date: 1209 PM EST WED DEC 01 2010
Expiration: 300 PM EST WED DEC 01 2010
 
...STRONG WINDS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TODAY...

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-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-
1209 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS...NEW YORK CITY...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...THE
  LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...WESTERN LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT.
* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO
  55 MPH.
* TIMING...NOW THROUGH MID AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND LIMB DAMAGE...ALONG WITH SCATTERED
  POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH...
OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH...ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS
STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.
&&
$$
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1151 AM EST WED DEC 01 2010
Expiration: 300 PM EST WED DEC 01 2010
 
 
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-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-
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

1151 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING AREAS OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH. GENERAL WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN
REPORTED AND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
OF THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS ACTIVITY MAY BRING EVEN STRONGER WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE DOWN
TO THE GROUND. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR
RESULTING IN DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS LOCALLY AND ISOLATED POWER
OUTAGES. IN FACT...AN ISOLATED HIGHER WIND GUST IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR LONG ISLAND. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. IN
ADDITION...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADS...AND LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
FALLEN LEAVES WILL CLOG DRAINS WHICH WILL EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING.
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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