Coastal Flooding and High Wind Watch Issued for our Area!

The National Weather Service has issued a "Flood Watch"

for

our area from late tonight through late Friday night.

 LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK UP THE COAST AND INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW UP THE COAST WILL ALLOW FOR TROPICAL MOISTURE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION AT THE SAME TIME RESULTING IN THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN.



RAINFALL TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS SET UP. THIS WILL RESULT IN SHARP RISES OF FAST RESPONDING RIVERS AND STREAMS. INTENSE RAINFALL RATES WILL LEAD
TO POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS.


[ 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.]

The National Weather Service has also issued a "High Wind Watch"

for

our area from late tonight through late Friday night.

.A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK UP THE COAST THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC. THE TWO SYSTEMS WILL CREATE A CORRIDOR OF STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS.


STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY...AND LAST INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.


THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 60 MPH AT THE PEAK OF THE STORM.


[A HIGH WIND WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.]