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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
350 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
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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-
350 PM EDT WED APR 3 2024
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY
* 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...UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY.
* 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...
- PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE
EXPECTED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES
DURING THE HEAVIEST TIME WILL BE BETWEEN 0.25 TO 0.50
INCHES/HOUR, WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 0.75 INCHES/HOUR.
THIS MAY PRODUCE URBAN POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING AS WELL AS
ALONG SOME OF THE FASTER RESPONDING SMALLER RIVERS, CREEKS,
AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO
2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 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.
DW
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