Flood watch issued as promised!

New Haven & Middlesex

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW YORK HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND
  INTERIOR SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
  SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...FAIRFIELD...NEW HAVEN...MIDDLESEX AND NEW
  LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN...PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON
  AND UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...ORANGE...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND
  AND WESTCHESTER.

* FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE COASTAL PLAIN ON SATURDAY...STEADY
  RAIN WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE RAIN
  SHOULD THEN BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AND LOCALLY UP TO 4 INCHES COULD CAUSE
  FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT URBAN AND POOR
  DRAINAGE FLOODING.

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.

Hartford & Tolland

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
  MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN RHODE ISLAND.

* FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING

* THE POTENTIAL FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH VEGETATION
  STILL DORMANT...PLUS SNOWMELT IN THE FAR INTERIOR...IS
  SUFFICIENT TO BRING THE CONCERN OF MINOR FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS
  AND STREAMS. POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO A CONCERN.

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.