[CTSARA] FLASH FLOOD WATCH Issue Date: 306 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014

[John Sabini Jr.]

http://www.ctsara.org/ctsara_weather.html


FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 306 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014
Expiration: 600 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2014
...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT FOR NORTHEAST
NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AND
SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT...

SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
306 AM EDT FRI MAY 16 2014



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY
THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD. 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)...NORTHERN
NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN NASSAU...
SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT

* A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AT NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL
FOR TRAINING OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. TOTAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS
UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND AREAS OF CONVECTION.
ADDITIONALLY...THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH
HIGH TIDE ON THE ATLANTIC AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND TONIGHT
WHICH COULD EXACERBATE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG
ISLAND AND SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT.

* WITH WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS...SMALL STREAMS...RIVERS AND
BROOKS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY
MIGHT QUICKLY REACT TO HEAVY RAIN AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

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