Full Notification

... FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* 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.

* FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING

* A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY BEFORE DEPARTING LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH SOME TROPICAL MOISTURE STREAMING INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH... RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. A TOTAL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE... HELPING TO ENHANCE THESE RAINFALL TOTALS.

* THE MAIN IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE FLOODING OF URBANIZED AREAS... ROADWAYS... AND IN AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

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.