[CTSARA] FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 421 PM EST TUE MAR 08 2011

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLOOD WATCH

Issue Date: 421 PM EST TUE MAR 08 2011
Expiration: 1000 AM EST FRI MAR 11 2011
 
...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAINFALL HEADED THIS WAY...
.A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL TRACK
SLOWLY EAST THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...BRINGING A POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY. THIS
WILL EXACERBATE THE HIGH WATER LEVELS ACROSS AREA RIVERS AND
STREAMS.

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-
SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-

421 PM EST TUE MAR 8 2011
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
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 NEW HAVEN...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN NEW
HAVEN. 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...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...
ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO
EARLY FRIDAY.

* DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL...MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS ARE
AT HIGH LEVELS. THIS COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOIL WILL RESULT IN
HIGH RUNOFF RATES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO MAJOR
FLOODING. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
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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