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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Watch

National Weather Service New York NY

111 PM EDT Thu Jul 13 2017



...Flooding Possible Today and Tonight...



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Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-

Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-

Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic-

Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-

Western Essex-Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-

Putnam-Rockland-Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester-

New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-Richmond (Staten Island)-

Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk-Northeastern Suffolk-

Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-Northern Queens-

Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-

111 PM EDT Thu Jul 13 2017



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...



The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a



* Flash Flood Watch for southern Connecticut, the Lower Hudson

  Valley, New York City, Long Island, and northeastern New 

  Jersey.



* Through late tonight.



* Thunderstorms will develop this afternoon, and increase in

  coverage an intensity into this evening. Additional rounds of

  heavy rain producing thunderstorms are again possible tonight.

  Three inches or more of rain will be possible where the heaviest

  and most persistent storms occur, leading to flash flooding.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead

to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action

should flash flood warnings be issued.



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JMC



