FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 950 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW
YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...ULSTER AND
DUTCHESS.
* FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* A COMPLEX STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY IT WILL START OUT AS SNOW
WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HOWEVER...AS WARMER AIR WORKS IN A
CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING CAUSING
RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE
FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 921 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY AND
LITCHFIELD HILLS.
SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH RAIN AND
SLEET DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE. A CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH.
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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