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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

331 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE 

ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION FROM 700 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 700 PM FRIDAY...



DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE GULF COAST WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND 

REACH THE LOCAL AREA FRIDAY.  RAIN WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION 

THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN 

WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.



TOTAL RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 3 INCH 

RAINFALL RANGE.  THIS RAINFALL WILL BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 

RISES ON THE AREA RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS...AND POTENTIALLY SOME 

LOCALIZED FLOODING.  SOME OF THE STREAMS AND RIVERS THAT MAY BE MOST 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO PROBLEMS WOULD INCLUDE THE YANTIC RIVER NEAR YANTIC 

IN SOUTHEASTERN CONNECTICUT...AND THE SADDLE RIVER NEAR LODI IN 

NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY.



SOME OF THE TYPICAL FLOOD PRONE POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS 

MAY ALSO HAVE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS AS A RESULT OF THIS STORM.



REMEMBER...FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... 

CREEKS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE 

WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE 

ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS OR FLOODING OCCUR...OR A FLOOD WARNING IS 

ISSUED.



STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 

DETAILS OR UPDATES.



&&



THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



IN NEW YORK...

  ORANGE...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND...WESTCHESTER...BRONX...

  NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...

  KINGS (BROOKLYN)...QUEENS...NASSAU...SUFFOLK



IN NEW JERSEY...

  PASSAIC...BERGEN...UNION...HUDSON...ESSEX



IN CONNECTICUT...

  FAIRFIELD...NEW HAVEN...MIDDLESEX...NEW LONDON



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REYNOLDS / WFO BROOKHAVEN NY

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