NWS issues Flood Watch for our area

Event:	Flood Watch
Alert:	...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE FROM THE REMNANTS OF BILL SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC... EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX... WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK... BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN NASSAU...SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER. * FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE REMNANTS OF BILL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SATURDAY NIGHT AND COULD LEAD TO WIDESPREAD URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 1 TO 2 INCHES...ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY NIGHT COULD FALL WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...LEADING TO SHARP RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SIGNIFICANT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS.
Instructions:	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.