Checked again this morning: the village's news flash page still tops out at the September 8 post, the one that said the tests passed and the second water supply went back in service. No lift for the conservation request, no note on the break's cause, nothing new since. The water itself has been fine for days. The paperwork is the part that went quiet, and one line to Village Hall at 845-855-1122 still gets you a real answer if you want the ask closed out in writing.
Then there is today's rain, which raises a fair question: does a soaker change anything? It does not. The flood alerts on the board this morning cover southern Westchester, New York City and the Jersey side, and Dutchess County is not on the map. Pawling's own forecast calls for showers and maybe a thunderstorm before noon, a half to three-quarters of an inch, and a high near 78. That is a regular wet Sunday for the Valley, the kind the drains handle, not a watch or a warning.
If that changes, it changes fast and shows up in two places: the National Weather Service alert feed we link below, and our own alerts page, which refreshes through the day. For now the plan is simple. Let the morning be the wet half, keep the afternoon for anything outdoors, and dry weather arrives for real on Monday.
The questions the Valley searches this week, answer first, source after.
Is the Harlem Valley under a flood alert today?
No. The active warnings this morning run through southern Westchester, New York City, Long Island and northeast New Jersey, and Dutchess stays off that map. The Flood Watch that ends at noon covers areas south and east of us. Pawling's own numbers: showers likely before noon, up to three quarters of an inch, high near 78, then a 30 percent chance of scattered showers Monday morning before the sun takes over.
Daryl's House closes the weekend with its usual rhythm: Too Blue plays the free brunch from noon to 2:00, and The Gathering Gloom, the Cure tribute, takes the stage at 7:00 PM. The room runs 11:00 to 10:00 on Sundays, so an afternoon arrival beats the evening crowd if the rain lingers. Tickets for the 7:00 show are at the venue's site.
Today's only travel note is the rain itself: showers and a possible storm before noon, with ponding in the low spots along Route 22 and the usual village corners. No road advisories are logged for the Valley, and Metro-North keeps the regular weekend timetable on the Harlem Line.
Monday is the commute worth looking forward to: scattered showers bow out before 7:00 AM, then it turns partly to fully sunny with a high near 72 and gusts to 22 mph. Tuesday stays sunny near 73. Whatever the weekend soaks, the first half of the week dries.
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