Full Notification

HEAVY RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...
MON JAN 23 2017

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST TODAY...AND THEN SLOWLY TRACK JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 2 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 THIS 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.

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.