Flash Flood Watch

...HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING... .WEAK LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE DELMARVA REGION WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST TONIGHT...AND THEN PASS OVER THE REGION ON THURSDAY. THE LOW AND ITS ATTENDANT WARM FRONT WILL SPUR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHERN FAIRFIELD...NORTHERN MIDDLESEX...NORTHERN NEW HAVEN...NORTHERN NEW LONDON... SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN AND SOUTHERN NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...BERGEN... EASTERN PASSAIC...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION AND WESTERN PASSAIC. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...BRONX...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NASSAU... NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...NORTHERN WESTCHESTER...NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...ORANGE...PUTNAM... QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...ROCKLAND...SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER AND SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK. * THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS LEFT SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. WEAK LOW PRESSURE AND AN ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT MOVING UP TOWARD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH WILL SPARK NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING...SOME OF WHICH MAY PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. * RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.