[CTSARA] FLOOD WATCH

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 358 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010
Expiration: 600 AM EST SUN MAR 14 2010
 
...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...
.A STEADY RAIN WILL PRECEDE LOW PRESSURE AS IT APPROACHES THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND. RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES IS POSSIBLE SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

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-
357 PM EST THU MAR 11 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...
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...
 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 FRIDAY WILL BECOME STEADIER FRIDAY NIGHT
  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 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF
  RAIN...ALONG WITH EXISTING SNOWPACK ACROSS HIGHER
  ELEVATIONS...WILL RESULT IN POOR DRAINAGE AND RIVER FLOODING
  ACROSS MANY AREAS.
 
FURTHER EAST...2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. 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.
&&
$$
 
Repeaters: 
W1EE 146.655 Out 146.055 In PL-100Hz.  
W1EE 447.125 Out 442.125 In PL-114.8Hz. Operational  

J/S WB1GRB







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