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FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 12PM EDT THU UNTIL 6PM EDT THU ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT... NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...ESSEX...UNION...HUDSON AND EASTERN PASSAIC COUNTIES...IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...ALL OF NEW YORK CITY...AND NASSAU AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES... * FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON. * THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. RAINFALL OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN, LOW LYING, AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED