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National Weather Service: Areal Flood Watch |
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Forecast
As of 3:54 PM EST on March 11, 2010
Tonight...Mostly cloudy. A chance of light rain...mainly after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Friday...Cloudy. Periods of light rain...mainly in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 40s. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
Friday Night...Rain. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
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Areal Flood Watch
Issued by the National Weather Service at 3:57 PM EST on March 11, 2010
... Flood Watch in effect from Saturday morning through Sunday
morning...
The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a
* Flood Watch 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 Saturday morning through Sunday morning
* on and off light rain Friday will become steadier Friday night
and Saturday. The rain could be heavy at times Saturday and
Saturday night... resulting in significant rainfall totals. For
portions of northeast New Jersey and the lower Hudson Valley of
New York... 2 to 4 inches of rainfall is possible. This amount of
rain... along with existing snowpack across higher
elevations... will result in poor drainage and river flooding
across many areas.
Further east... 2 to 3 inches of rain is possible. Plenty of
runoff is expected as already saturated grounds will have a hard
time absorbing this amount of rainfall. This will lead to urban
and poor drainage flooding. In addition... due to the saturated
grounds and high water tables across coastal areas... basement
flooding could be experienced. The rainfall will lighten by
Sunday.
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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