WGUS61 KOKX 090858 FFAOKX FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 458 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...HEAVY RAIN ON FRIDAY WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING... .A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING EAST FROM THE MID ATLANTIC WILL PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE RAIN WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE RAIN ENDS FRIDAY EVENING. CTZ009-NJZ003>006-011-NYZ071>081-092200- /O.CON.KOKX.FA.A.0006.080509T1200Z-080510T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 458 AM EDT FRI MAY 9 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON AND UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING * 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. * SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA 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. RESIDENTS WITH BASEMENTS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD TAKE ACTION AT THIS TIME TO PROTECT PROPERTY. $$