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FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

900 PM EST THU MAR 29 2001



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

ENTIRE TRI-STATE REGION FOR FRIDAY...



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



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED OVER SOUTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE 

NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOW APPROACHES THE REGION...RAIN AND 

WINDS WILL INCREASE. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES 

FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.



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

RANGE. SUCH A RAINFALL WOULD BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON 

THE AREA RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS. SOME OF THE STREAMS AND RIVERS 

THAT MAY PROVE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PROBLEMS WOULD INCLUDE THE YANTIC 

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

NEAR LODI IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. IT IS ALSO VERY LIKELY TO 

CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG OUR AREA ROADWAYS.



REMEMBER...A 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.



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