Full Notification

FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

* FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF A WARM AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS OUR REGION... A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH OUR AREA TONIGHT... AND SOUTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE... WILL RESULT IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... WHICH ARE LIKELY TO TRAIN ACROSS THE SAME AREA AND EVEN BACK BUILD. BY THE TIME THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA CAN EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN... WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.

* THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS TRAINING AND BACK BUILDING THUNDERSTORMS CAN EASILY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES IN AS LITTLE AS AN HOURS TIME. IN ADDITION... RAINFALL RATES OF THIS INTENSITY CAN PRODUCE MUD SLIDES AND LAND SLIDES ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN.

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.

*** COPIED FROM WEATHER.COM ***