FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD COUNTY. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...ALBANY...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS...GREENE... RENSSELAER...SCHENECTADY...ULSTER...HAMILTON...MONTGOMERY... FULTON...HERKIMER...SARATOGA...WARREN...WASHINGTON AND SCHOHARIE COUNTIES. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES. * FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL TRACK INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY FORM INTO SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD WEAKEN LATER NIGHT...REDUCING THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SOILS ARE NEARLY SATURATED FROM PAST RAINFALL AND THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY UNSTABLE AND HUMID. ANY THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE A QUICK ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN BUT WHERE TRAINING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD EXCEED 3 INCHES. 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.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:25:33 +0000
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