Flood watch remains in effect through sunday afternoon...
The flood watch continues 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.
* through sunday afternoon * recent heavy rainfall has left soil conditions across the watch area saturated. Low pressure is expected to push just west and south of the tri-state tonight and sunday morning. This storm is expected to produce potentially heavy rainfall across the area... Which could lead to flooding.
* between 1 to 2.25 inches of rain... With locally higher amounts... Is expected to fall across the area through sunday afternoon. At this time... It appears the heaviest rain will fall across new york city... Northeast new jersey... And western portions of the lower hudson valley.
The rainfall has the potential to produce flooding across highly urbanized and poor drainage areas. Roadways could become impassable at times. In addition... There is a potential for minor stream and river flooding.
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.
The flood watch continues 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.
* through sunday afternoon * recent heavy rainfall has left soil conditions across the watch area saturated. Low pressure is expected to push just west and south of the tri-state tonight and sunday morning. This storm is expected to produce potentially heavy rainfall across the area... Which could lead to flooding.
* between 1 to 2.25 inches of rain... With locally higher amounts... Is expected to fall across the area through sunday afternoon. At this time... It appears the heaviest rain will fall across new york city... Northeast new jersey... And western portions of the lower hudson valley.
The rainfall has the potential to produce flooding across highly urbanized and poor drainage areas. Roadways could become impassable at times. In addition... There is a potential for minor stream and river flooding.
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.
