Flood Watch 6/23 till 6/24

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Flood Watch

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...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

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 AND SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN... EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX... UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... ORANGE...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* THE SLOW MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL HAVE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AHEAD OF IT GRADUALLY THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. WHILE IT WILL NOT RAIN CONTINUOUSLY...THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ANY ONE OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. CURRENT EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR 3 TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* THIS MUCH RAINFALL IN A 24 HOUR OR LESS PERIOD WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND POTENTIALLY COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF ADDITIONAL URBAN AREAS... AND ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS.

WHILE THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WATCH AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER BOUGHT OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT RETURNS TO THE REGION. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN COULD CAUSE FURTHER FLOODING...INCLUDING MAIN STEM RIVERS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

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.

I am sure there is going to be mre to come.