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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

900 PM EST FRI JAN 19 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE FLOOD WATCH...



THE FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY...

LONG ISLAND...COASTAL CONNECTICUT...WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND

ROCKLAND COUNTY IS CANCELED.



RAINFALL OF 3/4 TO 1 1/4 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE WATCH AREA. 

THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS HAVE OCCURRED IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF UNION AND ESSEX COUNTIES. THIS DID PRODUCE SOME

QUICK RISES ON SMALL STREAMS IN THE AREA. AT THIS TIME THE RAIN 

IS GENERALLY LIGHT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. 



AS THE NEXT WAVE DEVELOPS AND MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THE AXIS 

OF HEAVIEST RAIN IS FORECAST TO OCCUR FURTHER TO THE SOUTH OF THE 

WATCH AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/2 TO 3/4 OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE 

TONIGHT BEFORE THE RAIN TURNS OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW. AT THIS 

TIME THE THREAT OF FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS HAS DIMINISHED. 

THEREFORE THE FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED. 



SOME LOCALIZED URBAN TYPE NUISANCE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE 

NIGHT. SOME POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AND COULD CAUSE 

ROADWAY FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. 

MOTORIST SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ON WET SLIPPERY ROADS. 



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