[CTSARA] FLASH FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 408 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 408 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
Expiration: 600 PM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TODAY WITH FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...

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-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-
408 AM EDT TUE AUG 13 2013
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...FAIRFIELD AND NEW
HAVEN COUNTIES. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...ESSEX...
HUDSON...PASSAIC AND UNION COUNTIES. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
ALL FIVE BOROUGHS OF NEW YORK CITY...ROCKLAND...WESTCHESTER...
NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES. 

* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING NORTHEAST FROM THE MID ATLANTIC REGION AND
ITS ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL ACT ON AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND
UNSTABLE AIR MASS TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF OVER 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST
CELLS. THIS RAINFALL COULD OCCUR OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN...LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP IN AND NEAR
THE WATCH AREA THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A
VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND
BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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