Jamaica Weather - Warnings / Advisories

FLOOD ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 636 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  NASSAU COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
* UNTIL 930 AM EDT.
* AT 634 AM EDT...RADAR SHOWED WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN MOVING IN FROM CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE NEARBY COASTAL
WATERS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE HALF INCH...COMBINED WITH
STANDING WATER FROM EARLIER RAINFALL...WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER
DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.
LAT...LON 4051 7425 4069 7411 4076 7416 4080 7398
      4093 7391 4080 7376 4091 7361 4089 7348
      4060 7343 4059 7355 4064 7353 4055 7389
      4056 7391 4056 7392 4060 7384 4064 7384
      4057 7399 4064 7404 4070 7401 4050 7424
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GOODMAN

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FLASH FLOOD WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 525 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING LIKELY THROUGH LATE TODAY...
.A COLD FRONT VERY SLOWLY APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL CONTINUE
TO TRIGGER VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH THE DAY...AND INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. A MOIST TROPICAL AIR MASS IS PROVIDING THE
INGREDIENTS TO PRODUCE THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>076-241745-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-
PUTNAM-ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-
KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-
525 AM EDT THU JUL 24 2008
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  BERGEN...EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN
  PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...
  NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...
  PUTNAM...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND AND
  SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.
* THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON
* A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE AREA WILL PROVIDE A
  FOCUS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
  THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD REPEATEDLY MOVE OVER THE
  SAME AREAS. THESE STORMS ALSO COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL
  RAINFALL...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
* AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS RAINFALL...ON TOP OF THE RAIN WHICH FELL
  WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
  OF SMALL STREAMS... URBAN AREAS AND POOR DRAINAGE SPOTS WITHIN
  THE WATCH AREA...AS WELL AS SHARP RISES ON LARGER STREAMS AND
  RIVERS. FLOODING OF FLOOD PRONE BASEMENTS IS ALSO LIKELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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