White Plains CitizeNetReporter - Heavy Rains On Way to White Plains

WPCNR WEATHERSCOOP. From National Weather Service. September 26, 2002:The weather system that was Hurricane Isidore should pass through the metropolitan area today through Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The prospectus, gale force winds, driving rain at times. The complete forecast follows:

A WARM FRONT SOUTH OF THE AREA TODAY WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHWARD AND PASS THROUGH THE REGION DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME...THE REMNANTS OF CURRENT TROPICAL STORM ISIDORE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST FROM THE GULF COAST STATES TODAY...REACHING WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA BY FRIDAY EVENING THEN MOVING TO NEAR NOVA SCOTIA SATURDAY MORNING.

...HEAVY RAIN WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE...

THE WARM FRONT WILL BRING THE FIRST ROUND OF RAIN TO THE REGION TODAY INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE MUCH OF THE TIME WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LOCALLY 1 TO 2 INCHES. THIS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

A SECOND ROUND OF RAIN WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS AGAIN WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW LYING AREA. IN ADDITION...SMALL STREAMS COULD EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT RISES. RESIDENTS OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLOODING.

...STRONG WINDS...

AS THE REMNANTS OF ISIDORE REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY. SUSTAINED WINDS WILL BE 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR WITH GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT AND GRADUALLY DIMINISH TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM MOVES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. LOOSE OBJECTS MAY BE BLOWN ABOUT AND WEAKENED TREES AND TREE LIMBS COULD BE BROUGHT DOWN.

...MARINE...

ROUGH SEAS OF 5 TO 7 FT ON THE OCEAN WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY...REACHING MINIMAL GALE FORCE FRIDAY EVENING. THE WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND DIMINISH TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE ATHTTP://WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/OKX


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