HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 PM EST TUE DEC 1 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NEW
YORK...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS
THE AREA...STRONG SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL WINDS WILL OVERSPREAD THE
REGION. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS BEGINNING
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH CONDITIONS THEN PERSISTING THROUGH PORTIONS
OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY BEHIND THE
DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM. THE MOST PRONE LOCATIONS WILL BE THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CATSKILLS...THE POCONOS...AND THE
SOUTHERN TIER HILLS. ACROSS THESE AREAS...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME DOWNED TREES AND
POWER LINES. IN ADDITIONAL TO STRONG WIND CONCERNS...MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM SYSTEM AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST MOST LOCATIONS WILL
SEE RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 1.25 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED LOCATIONS
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CATSKILLS...POCONOS...AND WESTERN MOHAWK
VALLEY POSSIBLY RECEIVING AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN. HEAVY RAIN
MAY LEAD TO RISES ALONG AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ALONG WITH
LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING ACROSS AREAS POOR DRAINAGE LOCATIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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