Saturday, June 20, 2015

FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY

  • ... FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
  • THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
  • * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... EASTERN BERGEN... EASTERN ESSEX... EASTERN PASSAIC... EASTERN UNION... HUDSON... WESTERN BERGEN... WESTERN ESSEX... WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... BRONX... KINGS (BROOKLYN)... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)... NORTHERN NASSAU... NORTHERN QUEENS... NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... ROCKLAND... SOUTHERN NASSAU... SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.
  • * FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
  • * HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE REMNANTS OF BILL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... AND COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES... ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH AREAS OF HEAVIER RAIN... AND IN THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT COULD FALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME... LEADING TO SHARP RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS.

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