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Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
4:01 pm EDT, Thu., Sep. 25, 2008

... FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHERN MIDDLESEX... NORTHERN NEW HAVEN... NORTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX... SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK... SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK.

* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE WAVES WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL STARTING LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL RAINFALL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. FOR THE ENTIRE EVENT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... TOTAL RAINFALL MAY RANGE BETWEEN 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.

THESE RAINFALL TOTALS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ROADWAYS... ESPECIALLY IN RURAL SECTIONS... COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION... SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA MAY REACH BANKFULL AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN AND RUNOFF.