FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 422 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS 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.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* SNOW WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS THE INTERIOR...WHILE
CLOSER TO THE COAST...ANY WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY
CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY SUNRISE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION THROUGH THE MORNING. TOTAL
LIQUID EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 1/2 TO 2
INCHES...WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE IF ANY PERSISTENT
RAIN BANDS DEVELOP.
* THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST RAIN WILL COINCIDE WITH THE MORNING
COMMUTE...FALLING IN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY
RESULT IN FLOODING OF URBAN LOCATIONS...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.
$$
MALOIT
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 418 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MID
MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY MID AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...AND ICE
ACCUMULATION UP TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH...HIGHEST ACROSS ORANGE
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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