[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Flash Flood Watch : OKX@ 8/10/2007 4:37:12 AM

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NJZ002>006-011-NYZ072>076-101800-
/O.CON.KOKX.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-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-
436 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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).

* UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON

* SHOWERS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN
  INTENSITY AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. AS SUCH...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN
  ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. 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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