Special Weather Statement

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Special Weather Statement

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- 534 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007...POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE TONIGHT ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE MASON DIXON LINE TONIGHT... THEN CROSS OVER WESTERN LONG ISLAND BY AROUND MIDDAY FRIDAY. LOW LEVEL COLD AIR...CURRENTLY BEING FED INTO THE REGION FROM HIGH PRESSURE NOSING DOWN FROM HUDSON BAY...WILL POTENTIALLY REMAIN IN PLACE WELL INTO TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE DEVELOPING STORM... AND COLD AIR ALREADY IN PLACE...WILL LIKELY LEAD TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS THIS EVENING ACROSS THE INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY MIX WITH...THEN CHANGE TO ALL RAIN FROM SOUTHEAST TO NORTHWEST STARTING LATE THIS EVENING AS RELATIVELY MILD ATLANTIC AIR GETS PUSHED INTO THE REGION AHEAD OF THE DEVELOPING LOW. CURRENTLY EXPECT NORTHERN ORANGE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES TO BE THE LAST TO TURN TO ALL RAIN LATE TONIGHT.

WHILE LITTLE OR NO SNOW OR SLEET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF ICE COULD OCCUR ACROSS INTERIOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY TONIGHT. THE EXACT EXTENT AND AMOUNT OF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION IS DEPENDANT ON HOW LONG IT TAKES FOR THE TURN OVER TO ALL RAIN TO OCCUR. IT IS ON THIS POINT THAT THERE IS STILL A DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY.

Flood Watch

/O.EXB.KOKX.FA.A.0001.070302T0300Z- 070302T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z. 000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX- HUDSON-UNION-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)- QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 454 AM EST THU MAR 1 2007...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS EXPANDED THE

* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD AND SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN... EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON... UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...QUEENS... RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)... ROCKLAND... SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.

* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON

* HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...WESTERN CONNECTICUT AND LONG ISLAND... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND NEW YORK CITY AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP THURSDAY EVENING...THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WHILE NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND AND MOST OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY WILL SEE ONLY RAIN...INTERIOR PORTIONS WILL LIKELY START WITH A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN AT MOST LOCATIONS BY AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND INTERIOR WESTERN CONNECTICUT...WITH TO 2 TO 2.5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND.

* THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT IN INTERIOR AREAS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND CAUSE MINOR TO POTENTIALLY MODERATE URBAN FLOODING.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.

Where the hell did this come from?

Am I the only one getting the feeling that this is going severely suck?

[27east 19]

this could have been a great snowstorm!

[SageVigiles 1,194]

Hope everyone has their portable and/or trash pumps ready... this could be a long night.

[sr71 1]

could this be a preview of the summer?

[IzzyEng4 427]

HEY The Weather made another Statement! LOL - just of corny humor for ya!