Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS New York, NY

NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-091600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1040 AM EST MON MAR 9 1998

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT THROUGH TODAY...

...THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WIND IN OUR AREA TODAY WAS CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS
MORNING...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND ON INTO EASTERN CANADA TONIGHT.

THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL PUSH THROUGH COASTAL
SECTIONS THIS MORNING. BY MID AFTERNOON...THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE
PUSHED THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND AND
MUCH OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS INCLUDING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND EVEN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NEAR THIS FRONT WILL AFFECT OUR REGION UNTIL
MID AFTERNOON AS WELL. THIS WILL CONTINUE CAUSING WIDESPREAD PONDING
ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING AS
WELL AS FLOODING IN SOME OF THE SMALL STREAMS...SUCH AS THE SADDLE
RIVER IN LODI.

COMMUTERS THIS AFTERNOON ARE ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE
APPROPRIATE CAUTION FOR LOW VISIBILITY WET WEATHER DRIVING.

SOUTH WINDS AVERAGING 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL
CONTINUE. THIS SOUTH WIND WILL BE MUCH STRONGER JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE...SO ANY THUNDERSTORM OR EVEN A HEAVIER SHOWER TODAY CAN BE
ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...WITH PEAK GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS CONTINUED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THIS REASON.

WITH THE WARM FRONT PUSHING THROUGH...TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL SOAR
TOWARD 60 OVER PARTS OF THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY METROPOLITAN
AREA AND EVEN WELL INLAND BY LATE TODAY. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES BE
HELD CLOSER TO 50 OUT OVER LONG ISLAND AS WATER TEMPERATURES ARE IN
THE LOWER TO MID 40S.

THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION FROM WEST TO EAST
TONIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A GRADUAL TURN TO COLDER WEATHER
THROUGH THE MID WEEK PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY
THURSDAY WILL ACTUALLY BE BELOW NORMAL...BUT THE WEATHER SHOULD
BE DRY DURING THIS PERIOD.

IN THE MEANTIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION TODAY AND ISSUE STATEMENTS
ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE WARNINGS AS NECESSARY. AS SUCH...PLEASE STAY
TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MEDIA OUTLETS OR CHECK OUR
HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.

MAZZA/WOOLDRIDGE

NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-091600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1040 AM EST MON MAR 9 1998

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS CONTINUING THE FLOOD WATCH FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN
CONNECTICUT THROUGH TODAY...

...THE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WIND IN OUR AREA TODAY WAS CENTERED OVER THE OHIO VALLEY THIS
MORNING...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND ON INTO EASTERN CANADA TONIGHT.

THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW WILL PUSH THROUGH COASTAL
SECTIONS THIS MORNING. BY MID AFTERNOON...THE FRONT SHOULD HAVE
PUSHED THROUGH THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...LONG ISLAND AND
MUCH OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT.

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS INCLUDING HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND EVEN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND NEAR THIS FRONT WILL AFFECT OUR REGION UNTIL
MID AFTERNOON AS WELL. THIS WILL CONTINUE CAUSING WIDESPREAD PONDING
ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE STREET AND URBAN FLOODING AS
WELL AS FLOODING IN SOME OF THE SMALL STREAMS...SUCH AS THE SADDLE
RIVER IN LODI.

COMMUTERS THIS AFTERNOON ARE ENCOURAGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME AND USE
APPROPRIATE CAUTION FOR LOW VISIBILITY WET WEATHER DRIVING.

SOUTH WINDS AVERAGING 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH WILL
CONTINUE. THIS SOUTH WIND WILL BE MUCH STRONGER JUST ABOVE THE
SURFACE...SO ANY THUNDERSTORM OR EVEN A HEAVIER SHOWER TODAY CAN BE
ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...WITH PEAK GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE.
THE WIND ADVISORY IS CONTINUED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THIS REASON.

WITH THE WARM FRONT PUSHING THROUGH...TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL SOAR
TOWARD 60 OVER PARTS OF THE NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY METROPOLITAN
AREA AND EVEN WELL INLAND BY LATE TODAY. HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES BE
HELD CLOSER TO 50 OUT OVER LONG ISLAND AS WATER TEMPERATURES ARE IN
THE LOWER TO MID 40S.

THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION FROM WEST TO EAST
TONIGHT...SETTING THE STAGE FOR A GRADUAL TURN TO COLDER WEATHER
THROUGH THE MID WEEK PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY AND ESPECIALLY
THURSDAY WILL ACTUALLY BE BELOW NORMAL...BUT THE WEATHER SHOULD
BE DRY DURING THIS PERIOD.

IN THE MEANTIME...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE POTENTIAL FLOOD SITUATION TODAY AND ISSUE STATEMENTS
ALONG WITH APPROPRIATE WARNINGS AS NECESSARY. AS SUCH...PLEASE STAY
TUNED TO YOUR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR MEDIA OUTLETS OR CHECK OUR
HOMEPAGE ON THE INTERNET FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES.

MAZZA/WOOLDRIDGE