Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS New York, NY

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

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
1230 PM EST SUN JAN 3 1999

...STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION...

...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND...

...ICING AND TREACHEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS FAR
NORTHERN PARTS OF THE TRI-STATE REGION...

...SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER DELAWARE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  RAIN WILL END LATE IN THE DAY ONCE THE LOW
PASSES THE REGION.

...STREET FLOODING...
A BAND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS LONG ISLAND
AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.  RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 2 HOURS WITH THIS BAND IS CAUSING STREET
FLOODING IN MANY AREAS.  NASSAU COUNTY LONG ISLAND HAS BEEN HIT THE
HARDEST WITH THE STREET FLOODING.  ANYONE TRAVELING IN OR LIVING
NEAR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD WATCH FOR STANDING
OR RISING WATER.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR THE NEW YORK METRO
AREA...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...MOST OF LONG ISLAND AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

...COASTAL FLOODING...
A LONG PERIOD OF NORTHEAST WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING CAUSED A RAPID
INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS ACROSS WESTERN LONG ISLAND SOUND THIS
MORNING.  TIDE LEVELS OF AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ARE CAUSING SOME
LOCAL MINOR COASTAL FLOODING...MOSTLY ALONG WESTERN PORTIONS OF
COASTAL CONNECTICUT IN THE AREAS OF EAST HAVEN AND MILFORD.  HIGH
TIDES ARE NOW OCCURRING OR HAVE JUST OCCURRED...SO WATER LEVELS WILL
BEGIN TO RECEDE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ICING INLAND...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ORANGE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES OF NEW
YORK...NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FAIRFIELD...NEW HAVEN...MIDDLESEX AND
NEW LONDON COUNTIES OF CONNECTICUT CONTINUES THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.  TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST AREAS
...BUT ICING WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE LONGER SINCE THE GROUND IS
STILL FROZEN IN AREAS.

REYNOLDS / WFO BROOKHAVEN NY