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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
430 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED CAUSING POSSIBLE FLASHY URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING INTO EARLY THIS MORNING...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-
WESTERN BERGEN-EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-
WESTERN UNION-EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-
NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-
BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
430 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND 
  SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN NORTHEAST NEW 
  JERSEY...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC... 
  EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX... 
  WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... 
  BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN 
  QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND 
  (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN 
  WESTCHESTER. 

* UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING.

* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BANDS OF HEAVY
  SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY THIS MORNING.
  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...
  WITH MAXIMUM RAINFALL RATES CLOSE TO AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE
  HEAVIEST BANDS OF SHOWERS.

* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE FLASHY URBAN AND POOR 
  DRAINAGE FLOODING...AND FLOODING OF FAST RESPONDING SMALL 
  STREAMS. MAIN STEM RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN THEIR BANKS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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