Here we go: Flood Watch tonight & Friday......

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Ahhhhhh, but Saturday and Sunday will be sunny and 60. :D

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service  

 

...FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 409 AM EDT THU APR 7 2005

... A FLOOD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING TO FRIDAY EVENING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

IN NEW YORK... ORANGE... PUTNAM... NORTHERN WESTCHESTER... ROCKLAND AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.

IN NEW JERSEY... HUDSON... BERGEN... EASTERN PASSAIC... ESSEX... UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC.

IN CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN FAIRFIELD... NORTHERN MIDDLESEX... NORTHERN NEW HAVEN... SOUTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN... SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD AND NORTHERN NEW LONDON.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS EVENING... POTENTIALLY BRINGING MORE SOAKING RAINS TO PORTIONS OF THE TRI-STATE REGION TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND EVEN A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION VERY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...  

WITH A STEADIER RAIN ARRIVING TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES BY TO THE SOUTHEAST. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LAST INTO AT LEAST MIDDAY FRIDAY... AND POSSIBLY WELL INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

AT THIS TIME... IT APPEARS THAT ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED... WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE COMBINATION OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUND AND THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WOULD CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF... AND MAY ONCE AGAIN RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS.

RIVERS AND STREAM LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA THAT HAVE FALLEN BELOW BANKFULL COULD EXPERIENCE SHARP RISES IN RESPONSE TO THE RAIN. RIVERS THAT CONTINUE TO BE IN FLOOD WILL ALSO BE VULNERABLE TO ADDITIONAL RISES.

REMEMBER... MOST DEATHS THAT OCCUR DURING FLOODING ARE RELATED TO VEHICLES TRYING TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS.

PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS FREQUENTLY WHEN RAIN OCCURS. REVIEW YOUR FLOOD EVACUATION PLANS IN THE EVENT THAT MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS. BE READY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. HAVE ALTERNATIVE ESCAPE ROUTES PLANNED IN CASE WATER COVERS OR IS FLOWING ACROSS YOUR PRIMARY ESCAPE ROUTE....