[CTSARA] Flash Flood Watch in effect from noon EDT today through late Tuesday night..

[John Sabini Jr.]

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Flash Flood Watch in effect from noon EDT today through late
Tuesday night...


The National Weather Service in New York has issued a


* Flash 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 noon EDT today through late Tuesday night.


* Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across
 the region ahead of a cold front this afternoon through late
 Tuesday night. The warm and very humid airmass will make for
 these showers and thunderstorms to produce torrential
 downpours...with storm total rainfall between 2 to 3 inches.
 Locally higher amounts can be expected. This will increase the
 flash flood potential.


* The main potential impacts are expected to be flooding of
 urbanized as well as low lying areas...roadways...and in areas
 of poor drainage. In addition...small streams or rivers may
 exceed bankfull.


Precautionary/preparedness actions...


A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop 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.
J/S WB1GRB