FLOOD WATCH
Issue Date: 950 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW
  YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTHWESTERN
  CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD. IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...ULSTER AND
  DUTCHESS.
* FROM 6 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* A COMPLEX STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
  PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE
  THROUGH MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. INITIALLY IT WILL START OUT AS SNOW
  WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS
  ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HOWEVER...AS WARMER AIR WORKS IN A
  CHANGEOVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING. THE
  PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE MORNING CAUSING
  RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND POSSIBLY FLOODING OF LOW LYING
  AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
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.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 921 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...MID HUDSON VALLEY AND
LITCHFIELD HILLS.
SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH RAIN AND
SLEET DURING THE MID TO LATE MORNING. SOME FREEZING RAIN IS
POSSIBLE. A CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED BY EARLY
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
BETWEEN 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
TENTH OF AN INCH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 612 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   FLOOD WATCH.
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM
FOR THURSDAY. SOME WIND GUSTS COULD REACH OR SLIGHTLY EXCEED 46
MPH. SHOULD CONFIDENCE LEVELS INCREASE THAT SUCH WIND GUSTS WILL
OCCUR...THEN A WIND ADVISORY WOULD BE ISSUED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ACCORDING STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
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