Dumont, NJ Weather Warnings

FLOOD WATCH

Warning Issue Date:

357 AM EDT MON MAR 22 2010

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE 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...ORANGE AND ROCKLAND. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON * ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FROM TODAY INTO TUESDAY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * WITH RIVER LEVELS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY RUNNING RELATIVELY HIGH...THIS RAINFALL COULD BRING THESE RIVERS AND SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD STAGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. $$