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FPUS71 KOKX 222146
NOWOKX

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
446 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2003


NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>076-230000-
BERGEN NJ-BRONX NY-EASTERN PASSAIC NJ-ESSEX NJ-HUDSON NJ-
KINGS (BROOKLYN) NY-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) NY-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-
ORANGE NY-PUTNAM NY-QUEENS NY-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.) NY-ROCKLAND NY-
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER NY-UNION NJ-WESTERN PASSAIC NJ-

.NOW...
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 
THE NIGHT...

THE LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED TO THE EAST. 
THERE WILL BE A BREAK IN THE STEADY HEAVIER RAIN THROUGH 6 PM. 
HOWEVER...THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE 
LOCATIONS AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT PONDING ON MANY OF THE AREA ROADS. 
RAIN WILL REDEVELOP BY 7 PM AND CONTINUE THE FLOODING CONCERNS 
THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE RAIN...THERE 
WILL BE PATCHY FOG DEVELOPING AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES MAKING 
DRIVING EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS.
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CTZ005>012-NYZ077>081-230000-
NASSAU NY-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-
NORTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-NORTHERN NEW LONDON CT-
NORTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD CT-
SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX CT-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN CT-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON CT-
SOUTHWEST SUFFOLK NY-

.NOW...
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 
THE NIGHT...

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING FURTHER 
INCREASING THE FLOODING PROBLEMS ALREADY EXPERIENCED THIS AFTERNOON. 
SIGNIFICANT PONDING ON ROADS AND FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS 
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. DRIVING MAY BECOME DANGEROUS 
WHERE THE POOR DRAINAGE AND STREET FLOODING IS THE WORSE. IN THESE 
LOCATIONS...WATER LEVELS MAY REACH UP TO THE BOTTOM OF VEHICLES. DO 
NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE THE WATER DEPTH IS UNKNOWN.

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