Flood Watch- CANCELLED

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Flood Watch

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WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- UNION-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER- 231 PM EST SAT NOV 11 2006

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY... BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX... UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

* FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON

* RAIN WILL BE DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY MONDAY...TAPERING OFF MONDAY NIGHT.

THE BULK OF THE RAIN WILL FALL ON SUNDAY...WHEN BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL.

ADDITIONAL RAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL PUSH RAINFALL TOTALS TO 1 1/2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO THREE INCHES.

WITH A NEARLY SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAINFALL OF LAST WEEK AND AREA RIVERS ALREADY ELEVATED... WIDESPREAD SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING WILL BE EXPECTED.

Edited November 12, 2006 by hoss