[CTSARA] FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 421 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLOOD WATCH

Issue Date: 421 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011
Expiration: 600 AM EST TUE MAR 01 2011
 
http://www.weatherforyou.com/cgi-bin/hw3/hw3.cgi?config=&forecast=warnings&place=stamford&state=ct&zipcode=06906&country=us&county=09001&zone=ctz009&nc=forecast,pands,country
 
...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL ON MONDAY...
.A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE
TONIGHT AND THEN PASS TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE TRI-STATE AREA
ON MONDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH BY AFTERNOON...
WITH A SECONDARY LOW FORMING ALONG THE TRAILING COLD FRONT TO THE
SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND MONDAY EVENING.
 
NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-

421 PM EST SUN FEB 27 2011

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY
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 MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE AREA ON MONDAY. RAIN
WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON MONDAY AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT. A SECOND AREA OF RAIN
WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE IN FROM
THE SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE NEARLY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM
THE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL THAT FELL ON FRIDAY WILL
EXACERBATE THE FLOOD THREAT. IN ADDITION...THE RECENT STRETCH OF
MILD WEATHER AND RAIN HAS ALLOWED FOR THE FORMATION OF ICE JAMS.
THE BUILDUP OF WATER BEHIND THESE ICE JAMS CAN RESULT IN FLOODING
UPSTREAM...AS WELL AS DOWNSTREAM IF THEY GIVE WAY.
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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