Post by scannerman5555 on Oct 7, 2005 7:08:05 GMT -5
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...
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)...NEW
YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...
QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
* A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE WEST
AND INTERACT WITH ABUNDANT TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS
OF TAMMY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...WITH A BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING OVER
WESTERN SECTIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AND THEN SLOWLY SLIDING
ACROSS THE REST OF THE REGION THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA
THROUGH THIS PERIOD...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY WHERE
OROGRAPHIC LIFTING WILL PLAY A ROLE.
* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
URBAN...SMALL STREAM...AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST
RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHEAST
NEW JERSEY. THEREFORE...EVEN SOME OF THE LARGER STREAMS SUCH AS
THE SADDLE RIVER AT LODI AND RAHWAY RIVER AT SPRINGFIELD MAY
EXPERIENCE OVERFLOW IF THE HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED.
DUE TO THE DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL
SEASON MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE WELL BELOW BANK FULL. SO ALTHOUGH
FLOODING IS NOT AN IMMINENT CONCERN...SIGNIFICANT WATER LEVEL
RISES WILL LEAVE THESE WATERWAYS PRIMED IF ANY ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OCCURS LATER IN THE 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.