Full Notification

... FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT...

... FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES 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... WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... BRONX... KINGS (BROOKLYN)... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)... NORTHERN NASSAU... NORTHERN QUEENS... NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... ORANGE... RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... ROCKLAND... SOUTHERN NASSAU... SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

* A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. RAIN WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES AT NIGHT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING OF EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. TOTAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. ADDITIONALLY... THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COINCIDE WITH HIGH TIDE ON THE ATLANTIC AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD EXACERBATE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT.

* WITH WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS... SMALL STREAMS... RIVERS AND BROOKS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY MIGHT QUICKLY REACT TO HEAVY RAIN AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.

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.