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Flash Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
344 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY
INTO SATURDAY...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX-
NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-
EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
344 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH 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...EASTERN
BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION...
HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...WESTERN PASSAIC AND
WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS
(BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...
NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...
NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN NASSAU...
SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
SUFFOLK.

* THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM ANDREA WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD
RAIN ACROSS THE TRI STATE AREA THROUGH THE DAY
TODAY...CONTINUING UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES ARE FORECASTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. MAXIMUM HOURLY RATES
COULD APPROACH AN INCH...WHICH COULD LAST FOR SEVERAL HOURS.

* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AND
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AS WELL AS SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING.
MAIN STEM RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN THEIR BANKS...ALTHOUGH A
FEW MAY APPROACH BANKFULL. IT SHOULD BE STRESSED THAT WHILE WE
ARE EXPECTING A PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAINFALL...THE MAIN CONCERN
DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE FLASHY RESPONSES ACROSS THE
URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.