Friday, January 10, 2014

Weather alerts for NJ metro

Posted: 10:15am -- 1/10/2014


Reminder:...

Courtesy: NWS, Mount Holly, NJ
FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...NEW JERSEY AND PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN NORTHERN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE. IN NORTHEAST
  MARYLAND...CECIL. IN NEW JERSEY...CAMDEN...
  GLOUCESTER...HUNTERDON...MIDDLESEX...MORRIS...SALEM...
  SOMERSET...SUSSEX...WARREN AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN
  PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...CARBON...DELAWARE...EASTERN CHESTER...
  EASTERN MONTGOMERY...LEHIGH...MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...UPPER
  BUCKS...WESTERN CHESTER AND WESTERN MONTGOMERY.

* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT

* ON SATURDAY RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF
  THUNDERSTORMS. EVENT PRECIPITATION TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO
  AVERAGE 1.5 AND 2.0 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE JAMS AND
  HEAVY RAIN RUNOFF COULD LEAD TO FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS IN
  THE AREA.

* EXPECT POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING TO IMPACT TRAVEL ON SATURDAY.
  FLOODING ON CREEKS AND RIVER MIGHT LAST INTO SUNDAY IF HEAVY
  RAIN OCCURS.

* PRIOR TO SATURDAY SOME ICE JAMS MIGHT CAUSE FLOODING TODAY AND
  TONIGHT. THE CHANCES WILL START DECREASING AS TEMPERATURES RISE
  ABOVE FREEZING LATER TODAY.
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Courtesy: NWS, New York

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW
  JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD... NORTHERN
  MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON...SOUTHERN
  FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN
  NEW LONDON. 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)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN NASSAU...NORTHERN
  QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN
  SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM... RICHMOND (STATEN
  ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK... SOUTHERN
  NASSAU...SOUTHERN QUEENS...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN
  SUFFOLK.

* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.

* LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE MIDWEST INTO EASTERN CANADA WILL
  DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
  NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL TAP INTO THE GULF AND ATLANTIC MOISTURE
  TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 1/2 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
  AMOUNTS UP TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN NORTH
  AND WEST OF NEW YORK CITY...IS LIKELY TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT
  URBAN...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING EARLY THIS WEEKEND.
  IN ADDITION TO URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING...FLASHY SMALL
  STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. CONDITIONS ARE ALSO
  FAVORABLE FOR ICE JAM FLOODING.

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