- Flood Watch for Essex County, New York
- Flood Watch issued March 12 at 2:27PM EDT until March 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 2:27 p.m.
- Expires: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 8 p.m.
...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF NEW YORK
AND VERMONT...
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR
* FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK AND
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT.
* THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING
* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS
EVENING...WITH RAINFALL TOTALING AROUND THREE QUARTERS TO AN
INCH OR MORE FOR RIVER BASINS IN THE WATCH AREA. ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES DURING THE PAST THREE DAYS HAVE RESULTED IN MELTING
SNOW AND SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND HAS PRIMED THE SNOW
PACK AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL MELTING TODAY.
COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND MELTING SNOW WILL RESULT IN SHARP
RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS TODAY. REMAINING RIVER ICE WILL
LIKELY ALSO BREAK UP TODAY...AND MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED ICE
JAMS.
* PROSPECT IS FOR GENERALLY MINOR FLOODING ALONG RIVERS AND
SMALL STREAMS IN THE WATCH AREA. THOSE WITH INTERESTS IN FLOOD
PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS LATER TODAY
AND TONIGHT.