Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS New York, NY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
950 PM EDT MON MAY 27 1991

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JEREY INTO ROCKLAND
COUNTY IS DUMPING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH AN HOUR.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING IN SECTIONS AND RESIDENTS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM WESTERN
CONNECTICUT TO NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AT 945 PM.
THE CELLS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MILES AND HOUR AND MOST OF THE
STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY AND NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH
POTENTIALLY HEAVY PUDDLES. IF CAUGHT IN GULLIES AND LOWLYING AREAS
BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP OR CHANGE.

GRANT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
10.30 PM EDT MON MAY 27 1991

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CROSSING NORTHERN NEW JEREY AND SOUTHEASTERN
NEW YORK IS DUMPING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IN AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH AN HOUR.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN LOCAL FLOODING IN SECTIONS AND RESIDENTS IN THESE
AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FLOODING AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM CONNECTICUT
TO NORTHERN NEW JERSEY INTO EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AT 945 PM.
THE CELLS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND MOST OF THE
STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY AND NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH
POTENTIALLY HEAVY PUDDLES. IF CAUGHT IN GULLIES AND LOWLYING AREAS
BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER GROUND UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO ACCOMPANYING THE THUNDERSTORMS AND
INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS BEEN REPORTED.

SOME HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO 10.30 PM EDT...

IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY NEW YORK:
SCARSDALE  1.10 INCH IN 1/2 HOUR..MT. PLEASANT .60 INCH IN LAST HOUR.
ARDSLEY 1.02 INCHES IN ONE HOUR..ELMSFORD 1.10 INCH IN ONE HOUR.

NORTHERN NEW JERSEY:
BERGEN COUNTY AT WOODCLIFFE LAKE 1.25 INCH IN ONE HOUR..LODI .91 INCH
IN AN HOUR..
MORRIS COUNTY..VARIOUS SECTIONS RECEIVED 1/2 INCH TO 3/4 INCH IN ONE HOUR.

FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP OR CHANGE.

GRANT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1125 PM EDT MON MAY 27 1991

...HEAVY RAIN IN THUNDERSTORMS IN PROGRESS...
...HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND LONG ISLAND...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEW YORK CITY SOUTHWEST THROUGH
NEWARK AND NORTHERN PARTS OF SOMERSET AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES WERE
DROPPING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH...BUT
LOCALLY UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN WITHIN AN HOUR.

THIS LINE WILL MOVE INTO NASSAU AND SUFFOLK COUNTIES AS WELL AS
REMAINING SECTIONS OF THE WATCHUNG/RARITAN AREA OF NORTHERN NEW
JERSEY DURING THIS NEXT HOUR.

MOTORISTS WHO ARE DOING LATE NIGHT DRIVING THIS MEMORIAL DAY EVENING
ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION AND BE WARY FOR RAPID PONDING OF WATER
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING SECTIONS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO BEEN ACCOMPANIED BY FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING AND POWER OUTAGES HAVE RESULTED FROM LIGHTNING
STRIKES IN BERGEN COUNTY.

WHILE THE HEAVY RAIN WILL PRODUCE THE USUAL HIGHWAY AND URBAN FLOODING
...THE RECENT RUN OF DRY WEATHER SHOULD PREVENT RUNOFF PROBLEMS WITH
THE RIVERS AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW
YORK AREA.

GIGI