Monday, January 23, 2017

FLOOD AND WIND ADVISORY TODAY

From National Weather Service:

 ... WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... * WINDS... NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING... THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS... STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS... TREES... AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE EXPECTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH... OR GUSTS OF 46 TO 57 MPH... ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... EASTERN BERGEN... EASTERN ESSEX... EASTERN PASSAIC... EASTERN UNION... HUDSON... WESTERN BERGEN... 

FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT * LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST ON MONDAY... AND THEN SLOWLY TRACK JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED CLOSER TO THE COAST. * IMPACTS: IF THE HIGH END RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE REALIZED, THIS WILL RESULT IN MODERATE URBAN FLOODING AND MINOR SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN NORTHEASTERN NJ AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. ADDITIONALLY...

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