Severe Weather -- Flood Watch tonight+Friday

[Guest]

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY ISSUED BY NWS TAUNTON MA 440 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

... A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW YORK... ORANGE... PUTNAM... WESTCHESTER... ROCKLAND... SUFFOLK... BRONX... MANHATTAN... BROOKLYN... STATEN ISLAND... NASSAU AND QUEENS.

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

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

HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM CINDY IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE TRI-STATE AREA LATE TONIGHT... WITH THE STEADY RAIN STARTING BETWEEN 3 AND 5 AM IN MOST LOCATIONS. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY.

A TOTAL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES POSSIBLE.

FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION... SOME STREAMS AND SMALL RIVERS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA MAY APPROACH OR GO ABOVE BANKFULL DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLOODING OF STREAMS... CREEKS AND OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING OCCUR OR A FLOOD WARNING BE ISSUED....

[Guest]

O boy lets hope it doesnt cause the same damage like the storm last week. I hope all the Departments in the County are prepared!

[Skooter92 7]

Just dried out from the last deluge.......and now I gotta paddle to work yet again.....on the bright side, maybe the QA whiz will try to cross some high water and get eaten by a piranha....