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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1259 AM EDT THU APR 4 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-
1259 AM EDT THU APR 4 2024
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
* 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 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING.
* 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...
- SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK
THROUGH THE REGION INTO THE EARLY MORNING. ANY THUNDERSTORM
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT LEAD TO
FLOODING.
- 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.
DR
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