Severe Weather Warning 06/23/08

[Bababoosky 24]

As per the National Weather Service

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

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

* UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN A SHORT TIME.

* RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE URBAN FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA...ESPECIALLY WHERE HEAVY RAINS FELL YESTERDAY.

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.