From The National Weather Service:
.. FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
BERGEN... ESSEX... PASSAIC... UNION... AND HUDSON. IN SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK... BRONX... KINGS (BROOKLYN)... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...
NASSAU... QUEENS... WESTCHESTER... RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... AND
ROCKLAND.
* FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY.
FLOODING OF URBAN... LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS THE EVENING RUSH HOUR... WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN EXPECTED BY THAT TIME.
* AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TONIGHT... STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
WILL INCREASE TO 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
INCREASING THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD... SIGNIFICANT URBAN... LOW
LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING... AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND RIVERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON
CURRENT FORECASTS. 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.
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