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WGUS61 KOKX 030817
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
417 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ072>075-078>081-176>179-031630-
/O.EXT.KOKX.FA.A.0006.240403T2000Z-240405T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN
BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS
(BROOKLYN)-NORTHWEST SUFFOLK-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK-SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK-
SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK-NORTHERN QUEENS-NORTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN NASSAU-
417 AM EDT WED APR 3 2024
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, EASTERN BERGEN, EASTERN ESSEX, EASTERN PASSAIC, EASTERN
UNION, HUDSON, WESTERN BERGEN, WESTERN ESSEX, WESTERN PASSAIC AND
WESTERN UNION AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS, BRONX, KINGS (BROOKLYN), NEW YORK (MANHATTAN), NORTHEAST
SUFFOLK, NORTHERN NASSAU, NORTHERN QUEENS, NORTHWEST SUFFOLK,
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND), SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK, SOUTHERN NASSAU,
SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK.
* WHEN...FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- 2-3 ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE FORECAST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING (HIGHER TOTALS POSSIBLE) WITH A
PERIOD OF HIGHER RAINFALL RAIN RATES OF 0.5-0.75"/HR POSSIBLE
THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME AREAS
OF CONCERN IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
JM
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