Expires:201012012000;Remove:201012012000;694661 WWUS81 KOKX 011651 SPSOKX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 1151 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-012000- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)- BRONX-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1151 AM EST WED DEC 1 2010 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. GENERAL WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY MAY BRING EVEN STRONGER WINDS ABOVE THE SURFACE DOWN TO THE GROUND. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 50 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR RESULTING IN DOWNED TREES OR TREE LIMBS LOCALLY AND ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. IN FACT...AN ISOLATED HIGHER WIND GUST IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR LONG ISLAND. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON...AND A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION...THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND LOCAL FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FALLEN LEAVES WILL CLOG DRAINS WHICH WILL EXACERBATE ANY FLOODING. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. $$