Flash Flood Watch over.

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
400 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE URBAN FLASH FLOODING TODAY...

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SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN NASSAU-
400 AM EDT THU JUL 7 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE
  FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD
  COUNTY. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...ESSEX...UNION...HUDSON
  AND EASTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES...IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...ALL OF
  NEW YORK CITY...AND NASSAU AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP
  AND MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OF UP
  TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RAINFALL OF THIS
  MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN, LOW LYING, AND
  POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE
PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.


NWS forecasting likely thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.


First storms are popping up in PA, near Scranton , Hawley, and Stroudsberg.  Nothing on the radar for us yet.


Worst of it over Ct right now.  Still a possibility here, but more likely north and east of us


The worst risk is over but showers are stll a possibility tonight



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