Flood Watch Today until 8:00 pm

Flood Watch

See below for current watch.

Flood Watch
National Weather Service New York NY
348 PM EDT Sun Apr 2 2017

...HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY...

348 PM EDT Sun Apr 2 2017

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a

* Flood Watch for portions of northeast New Jersey and southeast
New York, including the following areas, in northeast New
Jersey, Eastern Bergen, Eastern Essex, Eastern Passaic,
Eastern Union, Hudson, Western Bergen, Western Essex, Western
Passaic, and Western Union. In southeast New York, Northern
Westchester, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Southern
Westchester.

* From late Monday night through Tuesday evening

* Rainfall with an approaching warn front may be heavy at times
late Monday night into Tuesday morning. The warm front is
expected to lift through parts of the area Tuesday afternoon,
and thunderstorms with heavy rain could also occur later in the
day on Tuesday, mainly across northeast New Jersey.

* Total rainfall of 1 1/2 to 2 inches, with locally higher
amounts, will likely lead to areal and small stream flooding
late Monday night into Tuesday. Some larger rivers may
experience minor flooding as well.

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.

Thanks Max, any estimate on when Tuesday's rain will stop? Traveling south on the Parkway in the a.m. and I HATE driving the highways in the rain. (BTW - I do this every week and and since Nov. it has rained during some point on this trip nearly every Tues!)

It should ease up late afternoon tomorrow, and end early evening.

Ugh. Not looking forward to walking to the station on my first day in a new job, that's for sure.

ridski said:

Ugh. Not looking forward to walking to the station on my first day in a new job, that's for sure.

Congrats on your new job!

The good news is we installed a new sump pump last September. The bad news is the thing has already been running intermittently the past few days. We are not also looking forward to this storm.

Sweetsnuggles said:

ridski said:

Ugh. Not looking forward to walking to the station on my first day in a new job, that's for sure.

Congrats on your new job!

Thanks! Part time, but it's going to help some.

The flood watch has ended early.

Forecast calls for showers today, heavy at times possible, also maybe a thunderstorm this afternoon.

It was raining hard last night for a while. I'm glad it slowed down.

Flood Watch

Flood Watch
National Weather Service New York NY
327 PM EDT Tue Apr 4 2017

...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a

* Flood Watch 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, Eastern Bergen,
Eastern Essex, Eastern Passaic, Eastern Union, Hudson, Western
Bergen, Western Essex, Western Passaic, and Western Union. In
southeast New York, Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York
(Manhattan), Northeastern Suffolk, Northern Nassau, Northern
Queens, Northern Westchester, Northwestern Suffolk, Orange,
Putnam, Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Southeastern
Suffolk, Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Southern
Westchester, and Southwestern Suffolk.

* From Thursday morning through Friday afternoon

* Rainfall with an approaching system may be heavy at times
through Thursday before gradually decreasing from west to east
Thursday night. Thunderstorms with locally heavier rainfall
rates are possible, especially during the afternoon. Previous
rainfall has led to saturated conditions, with any new rainfall
expected to exacerbate already swollen rivers.

* Total rainfall of around one and a half to two inches, with
locally higher amounts possible with thunderstorms. In addition
to the potential for river flooding, urban and small stream
flooding remains possible.

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.

Flood Watch today, starting at 8:00 this morning and continuing into tomorrow. Note that the watch continues after the rain ends as the water continues to drain into streams.

Rain today, heavy at times, continuing into this evening. 1" - 2"

The flood watch now runs only until 8:00 pm tonight, as rains today have been less than expected. Greatest risk now would occur during and after a possible thunderstorm this afternoon, int he immediate area of the storm and down stream as well.

Whew!

Pouring right now in Maplecrest.