[CTSARA] FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 350 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014

[John Sabini Jr.]

FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 350 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014
Expiration: 600 AM EST SUN JAN 12 2014...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...
Latest UPDATES:  http://www.ctsara.org/ctsara_weather.html

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-
350 AM EST FRI JAN 10 2014
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK 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 SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.


* LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE MIDWEST INTO EASTERN CANADA WILL
DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO THE GULF AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE
TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT.


* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS UP TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH
AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY...IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
URBAN...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING EARLY THIS WEEKEND.


IN ADDITION TO URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING...FLASHY SMALL
STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO
FAVORABLE FOR ICE JAM FLOODING.
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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