FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED - BIG RAINS COMING

Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY

Thu, Jun 27, 2013, 3:46 AM EDT

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Updated Jun 27, 2013, 3:30pm EDT

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... FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN FAIRFIELD... NORTHERN MIDDLESEX... NORTHERN NEW HAVEN... NORTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD... SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX... SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. 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)... NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NORTHERN NASSAU... NORTHERN QUEENS... NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK... ORANGE... PUTNAM... RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... ROCKLAND... SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... SOUTHERN NASSAU... SOUTHERN QUEENS... SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.

* FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY... THEN MOVE NORTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM INTERACTS WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA. THIS ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY.

* THIS SETUP IS CONDUCIVE TO BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER THE SAME AREA. LOCALIZED RAINFALL RATES COULD EXCEED 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR IF THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME AREA FOR AN HOUR... WHICH WOULD CAUSE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLASH FLOODING.

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.