[CTSARA] FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 419 PM EDT SAT MAR 27 2010
Expiration: 600 PM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010
 
...FLOODING POSSIBLE FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT...AND STALL
OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WHILE A SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPS NEAR
THE CAROLINA COAST. A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING NORTHEAST FROM
THIS COMBINATION OF LOWS WILL FOCUS HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE REGION
FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY.

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-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-
419 PM EDT SAT MAR 27 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...

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 NEW HAVEN...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN NEW
 HAVEN. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...
 ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW
 YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU...NEW YORK
 (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...
 QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN
 WESTCHESTER.

* FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* RAIN WILL BEGIN DURING SUNDAY NIGHT...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT
  TIMES LATE. HEAVY RAIN SHOULD THEN CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF MONDAY
  AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY INTO
  TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN
  THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
  POSSIBLE.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE...COMBINED WITH NEARLY SATURATED
  SOILS...POSES A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY ALONG MAIN
  STEM RIVERS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY WHICH ARE STILL RUNNING
  HIGH. AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT RIVER AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING
  IS LIKELY. URBAN AND BASEMENT FLOODING ARE ALSO SIGNIFICANT
  THREATS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY NOW.

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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