FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT - HEAVY RAIN STARTING THIS AFTERNOON

Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
347 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014

...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

* RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BE HEAVY
  AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING THURSDAY.
  FLOODING OF URBAN...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS
  POSSIBLE AS EARLY AS THE EVENING RUSH HOUR...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES
  OF RAIN EXPECTED BY THAT TIME.

* AS THE HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TONIGHT...STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
  WILL INCREASE TO 3 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...
  INCREASING THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD...SIGNIFICANT URBAN...LOW
  LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING...AS WELL AS FLOODING OF SMALL
  STREAMS AND RIVERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.