Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS New York, NY

NYZ067>081-501-502-508-NJZ002>006-011-CTZ005>012-191500

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND
WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
340 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 1996

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED THE FOLLOWING WARNINGS AND
WATCHES...

...A COASTAL FLOOD WARNING FOR ALL COASTAL SECTIONS EXCEPT COASTAL
NEW LONDON AND COASTAL MIDDLESEX COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT AT
TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

...A GALE WARNING FOR THE COASTAL WATERS...LONG ISLAND SOUND AND
NEW YORK HARBOR...

...A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR COASTAL SECTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH
SUNDAY...

 ...A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TRI-STATE AREA THROUGH
SUNDAY...

...A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ENTIRE TRI-STATE AREA...

...RIVER FLOOD WATCH FOR THE SADDLE RIVER...

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER
OF PENNSYLVANIA WILL DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE EAST. ONCE THE LOW REACHES
THE NEW JERSEY COAST IT WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY.

THIS NOREASTER WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS FOR RESIDENTS
OF THE TRI-STATE AREA THIS EVENING WITH LITTLE RELIEF THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING. THE NOREASTER IS CUT OFF FROM THE PREVAILING UPPER WIND FLOW
AND AS A RESULT WILL TAKE QUITE A WHILE BEFORE IT LOOSENS ITS HOLD ON
THE REGION.

STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE RESULTING IN COASTAL FLOODING AS
TIDES RISE IN RESPONSE TO WATER PILING UP ALONG THE COAST. HIGH TIDES
HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED EXCEPT IN LONG ISLAND SOUND AS OF THIS TIME.
MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.  HIGH TIDES
SUNDAY MORNING WILL ALSO PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF COASTAL FLOODING
WITH HIGH TIDES RANGING FROM 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE NORMAL. THESE LEVELS
WILL ONLY BE ABOUT 2 FEET LESS THAN THOSE PRODUCED BY THE GREAT
DECEMBER NOREASTER OF '92. PREPARE FOR MORE COASTAL FLOODING DURING
THE NIGHT.

WINDSWEPT SOAKING RAINS WILL ALSO CAUSE A VARIETY OF PROBLEMS. SMALL
STREAM...URBAN AND HIGHWAY FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING WHEN THE RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO START TO SLACKEN OFF. BEFORE
THAT HAPPENS THOUGH A GENERAL RAINFALL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE THE STORM FINALLY PULLS AWAY.
SOME LOCALIZED AREAS MAY SEE EVEN HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL.
THESE HIGH AMOUNTS COULD EVEN CAUSE SOME OF THE LARGER RIVERS
ESPECIALLY IN THE PASSAIC BASIN...WHICH INCLUDE THE SADDLE RIVER AT
LODI AND THE RAMAPO RIVER AT MAHWAH...TO GO OVER THEIR BANKS. LOW
LYING ROADS AND PARKWAYS IN THE URBAN AREAS HAVE ALSO SEEN PONDING OF
WATER. MANY AREA ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

THE HIGH WINDS HAVE ALSO BEEN STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING DOWN LARGE
BRANCHES AND POWER LINES. MANY REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND TREES ON
ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF THIS TIME. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS EVENING THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF
SUNDAY. NEAR THE COAST...WINDS COULD REACH TO NEARLY 60 MPH AT TIMES
DURING THIS TIME FRAME. FURTHER INLAND THEY WILL NOT BE QUITE AS
STRONG BUT NEVER THE LESS WILL CAUSE PROBLEMS HERE AS WELL.

THIS LOW WILL BE A SLOW MOVER SO THE BULK OF THE WEEKEND IS EXPECTED
TO REMAIN WINDY AND RAINY. IN FACT...UNSETTLED WEATHER IS LIKELY TO
CONTINUE UNTIL WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE LOW FINALLY PULLS AWAY.

GOUDSWARD