Flash floods+Heavy rain Alert- CANCELLED

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Northeast doppler map in motion:

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/10803?c..._animated&day=1

Special Weather Statement

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE- PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS- NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-

443 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...ANOTHER STORM WILL AFFECT THE TRI- STATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEAST TODAY...

REACHING THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES THIS EVENING AND THEN EASTERN CANADA BY FRIDAY MORNING.

AS THE STORM LIFTS WELL NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...IT WILL DRAG A STRONG TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE TRI- STATE AREA TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.

THE FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

A WIDESPREAD ONE TO TWO INCH RAINFALL IS FORECAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...

WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES POSSIBLE.

THIS WILL BE A QUICK SHOT OF HEAVY RAIN WITH THE BRUNT OF THE RAINFALL FALLING IN A PERIOD OF 6 HOURS OR LESS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COMBINED WITH A NEARLY SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAINFALL OVER THE LAST WEEK WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE RAPID RISE OF SMALL RIVERS... STREAMS AND CREEKS...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE TRI-STATE FOR TONIGHT...EXTENDING INTO FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT.

ACROSS NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES... THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE SERIOUS FLOODING...BUT MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY WHERE FALLEN LEAVES CLOG STORM DRAINS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINS... SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE STORM WILL INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

WINDS ALOFT WILL ALSO INCREASE. IF ANY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP SOME OF THESE HIGHER WINDS ALOFT MAY MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE.

ISOLATED WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY DEVELOP. EVEN WITHOUT THUNDERSTORMS...LINES OF HEAVY SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 45 MPH...WHICH COULD DOWN TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.

[Guest]

if you guys back home in westchester are getting the same storm i got here in central PA, get ready. high winds, thunder and lighting and TONS of rain. so far while i have been out here at school this has been the biggest storm. it has made every other storm look like a sun shower.

stay safe out there guys/girls

[llm60 0]

Mother Nature is back BABY!!!

[Guest JQP442]

anyone wishing this was snow???

[eike1701 1]

I do .Snow I can handle

[27east 19]

anyone wishing this was snow???

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Y E S

[DOC22 1]

anyone wishing this was snow???

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HE!! NO I want NO SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!

[mikelouf2 0]

HE!! NO I want NO SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!

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thats right no snow not to i get my truck up and runing

[firemoose827 324]

anyone wishing this was snow???

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YES. Snow means OVERTIME at work!

[Guest]

Heavy rains cause widespread flooding, mudslides in Broome County

Thursday November 16, 2006

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) A prolonged period of heavy rain Thursday had emergency personnel rescuing residents from the tops of cars as widespread flooding and highway mudslides occurred around Broome County, officials said.

``Lots of roads are washed out, several areas of the city are shut down and impassible,'' said Lt. John Shea of the Binghamton Police Department. ``But, as we speak, things are improving because the rain has stopped.''

Sections of Interstate 88 east of Binghamton were closed after mudslides caused a multi-vehicle crash, leaving one person seriously injured and others with unreported injuries as rescue workers sought to free them from their vehicles, said Broome County spokeswoman Darcy Fauci.

Traffic on parts of Interstate 81 and State Route 17 in the Binghamton area came to a halt because of flooding and multiple collisions.

Broome County executive Barbara Fiala declared a state of emergency banning all unnecessary travel early in the evening. Multiple cars were abandoned Thursday night as the waters rose from creek and sewer overflow around the county.

Police and fire agencies reported rescue operations were under way to assist people who were trapped in homes because of rapidly rising water.

``Hundreds of homes have water in the basement,'' Fauci said.

Some drivers trying to leave downtown Binghamton were stuck in traffic for nearly two hours because of flooded intersections.

Most areas around Binghamton only received about two and a half inches of rain.

``But it doesn't take much when the ground is already saturated,'' said Dan Padazona, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

So far this year, he said the area has been pounded with 47 inches of rain.

The current record was set in 1972 when the area got 48.04 inches of rain, said Jim Brewster, meteorologist with the weather service. Records dated back only to 1951.

No more significant rainfall was expected Friday night, Padazona said, and flooding from the Susquehanna River should end by Friday morning.

[Guest]

Snow would be nice. Change of scenery. Tired of walking outside to muggyness, wet/dampness, and wind blowing leaves all over the place.

Not on the rigs, but on the chiefs and flycars do you guys depend on 4 wheel drive and snow tires or do you chain up with the rest of the rigs?

[Remember585 815]

Flash Floods + Heavy Rain Alert = I'm not happy about working tonight!

[orangEMT246 6]

Say NO to snow!!!!

[BIGRED1 71]

i say yes to sunshine