Full Notification

***FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT***

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... 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 QUEENS... NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... ORANGE... PUTNAM... RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... ROCKLAND... SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT

* A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING OFFSHORE SATURDAY MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE... AND THEN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST THIS EVENING. RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES... AND THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL DURING THIS TIME WILL RANGE FROM 1/2 INCH TO 1 INCH WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 INCHES OR MORE IN HEAVIER SHOWERS AND AREAS OF CONVECTION.

* WITH WET ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING STORMS... THERE IS AN INCREASED THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT URBAN FLOODING ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

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.