#Middlebury #FlashFloodWatch
FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON, June 19, THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT …
The National Weather Service in Upton has expanded the
- Flash Flood Watch to include portions of southern Connecticut
and southeast New York, including the following areas, in
southern Connecticut: Northern Fairfield, Northern New Haven,
Southern Fairfield, and Southern New Haven. In southeast New
York, Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Northern
Nassau, Northern Queens, Richmond (Staten Island), Southern
Nassau, and Southern Queens. - From Monday afternoon through late Monday night.
- Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop
across the area Monday afternoon into Monday night in
association with a slow-moving cold front. Multiple rounds of
thunderstorms have the potential to move across the same area,
leading to flash flooding. - Rainfall totals of 1.5 to 2.5 inches are expected across the
watch area, with locally higher amounts.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS …
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.
