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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLOOD WATCH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

1000 PM EST WED MAR 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR SMALL 

STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK 

AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT INTO THURSDAY.



A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OFF THE DELMARVA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO 

INTENSIFY AS IT SLOWLY MOVES NORTH UP THE EAST COAST. THE LOW WILL 

PASS JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...THEN TO 

THE EAST OF LONG ISLAND TOWARD EVENING.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER LIGHT TO 

POSSIBLY MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS WELL.



TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AROUND 2 TO 2 1/2 

INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 3 1/2 INCHES. THIS WILL 

RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES ON MANY OF THE RIVERS AND 

STREAMS IN THE AREA AND PRODUCE POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD FLOODING ON 

AREA ROADWAYS AND IN URBAN AREAS.



LARGER RIVERS WILL ALSO EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES. RIVERS

SUCH AS THE SADDLE AND RAMAPO RIVER IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...

THE WALLKILL RIVER IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...AND THE YANTIC RIVER

IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY.



A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...CREEKS AND 

OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE 

LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE 

PREPARED FOR ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD 

WARNING BE ISSUED. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THE 

POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AVOID LOW LYING AREAS...USE EXTRA 

CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES AND ALLOW 

PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION 

STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR 

UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET 

AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/OKX.



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