FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 436 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS...HEAVY AT TIMES...COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY THIS MORNING... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER PENNSYLVANIA WILL TRACK JUST SOUTH OF THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA LATER TODAY. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS LOW...WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS.
WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION- NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS- 436 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...QUEENS AND RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND). * UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON * SHOWERS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY IN INTENSITY AS THE MORNING PROGRESSES. AS SUCH...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WITH A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IN THE RECENT PAST...SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS ARE ALREADY HIGH...WHICH WILL INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT RESULTS IN RUNOFF. THIS WILL TAX LOCAL SEWER SYSTEMS AND RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS...AND COULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. $$
