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...HEAVY RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY 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...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX... EASTERN PASSAIC...EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN... WESTERN ESSEX AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN NASSAU...SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST ON MONDAY...AND THEN SLOWLY TRACK JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE COAST.

* IMPACTS: IF THE HIGH END RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED, THIS WILL RESULT IN MODERATE URBAN FLOODING AND MINOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN NORTHEASTERN NJ AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. ADDITIONALLY...THE COINCIDENCE OF HIGH TIDE WITH THE HEAVY RAIN MONDAY EVENING WILL EXACERBATE FLOODING ALONG THE COASTAL WATERFRONT AND SHORELINE ROADS. THIS INCLUDES ALONG TIDALLY AFFECTED RIVERS...SUCH AS THE PASSAIC...HACKENSACK...AND HUDSON RIVER.

* AFFECTED AREAS: EASTERN BERGEN ... EASTERN ESSEX ... EASTERN PASSAIC ... HUDSON ... WESTERN BERGEN ... WESTERN ESSEX

Instructions:

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.