Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS New York, NY

Issued

Jan 3, 1999, 11:57 AM EST (16:57 UTC)

Expired

Jan 3, 1999, 4:00 PM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS New York, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Bergen County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, New York County, NY, Westchester County, NY

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVIATION/IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1157 AM EST SUN JAN 3 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR...
  SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  NEW YORK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  RICHMOND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  KINGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  WESTERN SUFFOLK COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
  BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
  ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
  PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
  SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT
  SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 1150 AM...  DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE
  AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE METRO AREA...WESTERN
  LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT. THIS IS PRODUCING
  WIDESPREAD ROADWAY FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER IN
  POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.

* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR AUTOMOBILE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS OR
  UNDERPASSES. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. YOU
  ENDANGER THE LIVES OF ALL OCCUPANTS IN YOUR VEHICLE. FIND AN
  ALTERNATE ROUTE.

  REYNOLDS / WFO OKX

In the hours before

NYZ067>081-CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-032100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MAP DISCUSSION FOR
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY
AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1035 AM EST SUN JAN 3 1999

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED THE WINTER STORM
WARNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOR ORANGE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES OF
NEW YORK...AND ALL OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT EXCEPT FOR IMMEDIATE
COASTAL AREAS...

...ALL OTHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...

LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER DELAWARE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  ICING CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA INTO EARLY AFTERNOON UNTIL TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE
FREEZING.  SOME ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY...WITH THE
POSSIBILITY OF TREES AND POWER LINES BEING DOWNED.  TRAVEL WILL
CONTINUE TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS.

CLOSER TO THE COAST...TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN TO WELL ABOVE THE
FREEZING MARK...ENDING THE ICING THREAT.

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

ALL OF THE RAIN WILL END LATE IN THE DAY AS THE LOW MOVES INTO NEW
ENGLAND.

REYNOLDS

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