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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
357 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT CAUSING POSSIBLE FLASHY URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOODING...

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NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-PUTNAM-
357 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT 
  AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN 
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN SOUTHEAST NEW 
  YORK...PUTNAM. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BANDS OF HEAVY
  SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.
  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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WESTERN PASSAIC-EASTERN PASSAIC-HUDSON-WESTERN BERGEN-
EASTERN BERGEN-WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-WESTERN UNION-
EASTERN UNION-ORANGE-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-
SOUTHERN QUEENS-
357 PM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... 
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...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...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... 
  ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER. 

* THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.

* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BANDS OF HEAVY
  SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT.
  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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