[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : OKX@ 8/9/2007 4:14:26 PM

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NJZ002>006-011-NYZ072>076-100900-
/O.NEW.KOKX.FF.A.0003.070810T0400Z-070810T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-
412 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...
  HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...QUEENS AND 
  RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND).

* FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* THERE MAY BE A FEW SPRINKLES OR A BRIEF SHOWER THROUGH THIS
  EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER
  MIDNIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT ARE
  EXPECTED TO RESULT IN RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND
  A HALF INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
  WHERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS THE MOST FREQUENT AND INTENSE.
  WITH A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN THE RECENT PAST...SOIL MOISTURE
  LEVELS ARE ALREADY HIGH...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RAIN
  THAT RESULTS IN RUNOFF. THIS WILL TAX LOCAL SEWER SYSTEMS AND
  RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND
  RIVERS...AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

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.

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