- Flash Flood Watch for Bronx County, New York
- Flash Flood Watch issued January 31 at 4:30AM EST until January 31 at 8:00AM EST by NWS
- Effective: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
- Expires: Thursday, January 31, 2013 at 8 a.m.
...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED CAUSING POSSIBLE FLASHY URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING INTO EARLY THIS MORNING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN NORTHEAST NEW
JERSEY...EASTERN BERGEN...EASTERN ESSEX...EASTERN PASSAIC...
EASTERN UNION...HUDSON...WESTERN BERGEN...WESTERN ESSEX...
WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN
QUEENS...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM...RICHMOND
(STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHERN QUEENS AND SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER.
* UNTIL 8 AM EST THIS MORNING.
* A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY BANDS OF HEAVY
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY THIS MORNING.
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...
WITH MAXIMUM RAINFALL RATES CLOSE TO AN INCH PER HOUR WITH THE
HEAVIEST BANDS OF SHOWERS.
* THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD CAUSE FLASHY URBAN AND POOR
DRAINAGE FLOODING...AND FLOODING OF FAST RESPONDING SMALL
STREAMS. MAIN STEM RIVERS SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN THEIR BANKS.