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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
509 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010
...FLOODING LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...
.A SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES TO OUR SOUTH
WILL BRING STEADY RAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED
TO BECOME HEAVY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.
NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-132200-
/O.CON.KOKX.FA.A.0003.100313T1300Z-100314T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-
NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-
509 AM EST SAT MAR 13 2010
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST 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)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NORTHERN
WEST CHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...
PUTNAM...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCK LAND...
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
SUFFOLK.
* FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
* STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH THE RAIN BECOMING
HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES. OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN IS
EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
* RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND MELTING
OF SNOWPACK FROM FEBRUARY`S STORM THAT STILL EXISTS ACROSS THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...ROCKLAND AND ORANGE
COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL
LIKELY MAKE SOME FLOOD PRONE ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. IN
ADDITION...DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUNDS...BASEMENT FLOODING
COULD BE EXPERIENCED.
* SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS COULD ALSO EXCEED BANK-FULL LEVELS.
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.

Record high temperature 100.8 °F Record low temperature -0.2 °F Record high gust 33.0 mph Record high average 14.4 mph Record daily rain 6.58 in. Record low windchill -6.0 °F Record high barometer 30.735 in. Record low barometer 28.612 in.
Daily high pressure 29.969 in. Daily low pressure 29.795 in. Daily low windchill 30.5°F Daily high heat index 30.5°F°F Daily high gust speed 16.0 mph NNE Daily high average speed 8.8 mph NNE

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