FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1133 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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...BERGEN...
EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC.
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN
WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...
QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN
SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.
* FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
* SNOW ACROSS THE INTERIOR WILL CHANGE TO RAIN. CLOSER TO THE
COAST...PLAIN RAIN WILL OCCUR. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING.
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES...WITH
LOCALLY UP TO 2 1/2 INCHES IF ANY PERSISTENT RAIN BANDS
DEVELOP.
* THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAIN MAY COINCIDE WITH THE MORNING
COMMUTE...AND MAY FALL IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
THIS MAY RESULTING IN FLOODING OF URBAN...SMALL STREAMS AND
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
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.
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