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A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

.NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND OUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...
HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...QUEENS...RICHMOND
(STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM 2 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON

* RAIN WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...AND COULD BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN SHOULD THEN CONTINUE INTO MUCH OF MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT.

THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO RUN FORM THE NEW YORK CITY METRO AREA...INTO CENTRAL CONNECTICUT.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE...COMBINED WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOILS...POSES A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT... ESPECIALLY ALONG MAIN
STEM RIVERS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY WHICH ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH.
AS A RESULT...SIGNIFICANT RIVER AND SMALL STREAM
FLOODING IS LIKELY. URBAN AND BASEMENT FLOODING ARE ALSO
SIGNIFICANT THREATS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY NOW.

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.

MAKE SURE GENERATORS ARE FULL, AND BATTERIES ARE IN FLASHLIGHTS.