Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1010 AM EDT TUE APR 16 1996

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON
   FOR ALL OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND
   SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
   NEW YORK CITY...LONG ISLAND AND COASTAL CONNECTICUT FOR EARLY THIS
   AFTERNOON...

STRONG LOW PRESSURE CENTERED SOUTH OF JAMES BAY IN CANADA CONTINUES
TO MOVES NORTHEAST THIS MORNING.  A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM THE LOW
IN CANADA TO A SECOND LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND TO THE
NORTH CAROLINA COAST.  THE COLD FRONT AND PENNSYLVANIA LOW WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

OCCASIONAL RAIN AND AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE AFTERNOON.  ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN
ACROSS THE REGION AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL HIGH
WATER PROBLEMS ON ROADWAYS...SMALL STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE...SO THE FLOOD WATCHES WILL
REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME WEST LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH A BIT BEHIND THE FRONT.  A FEW WIND GUSTS OVER
35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS LONG ISLAND
AND THE NEW YORK METRO AREA.  THE WINDS WERE ALSO CAUSING TIDES TO
RUN 2 TO 3 FT ABOVE NORMAL.  AREAS OF MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE
COASTAL WILL CONTINUE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THE RAIN WILL END TONIGHT WITH SOME CLEARING WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM
MOVES FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST.

LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO ACT
QUICKLY IF FLOODING DOES OCCUR.

REYNOLDS