A FLOOD WATCH FOR BERGEN COUNTY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AT 6 P.M. A TOTAL OF 2-4 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. 
FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE... FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...
* FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING
* STEADY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH THE RAIN BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY MORNING WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES. OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.
* RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND MELTING OF SNOWPACK FROM FEBRUARY'S STORM THAT STILL EXISTS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... ROCKLAND AND ORANGE COUNTY. ELSEWHERE... URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL LIKELY MAKE SOME FLOOD PRONE ROADWAYS IMPASSABLE. IN ADDITION... DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUNDS... BASEMENT FLOODING COULD BE EXPERIENCED.
* SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS COULD ALSO EXCEED BANK-FULL LEVELS.
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
Address/Location
Maywood, NJ Police Department
15 Park Ave
Maywood, NJ 07607
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 201-845-8800
William Phayre
Maywood Police Department
wphayre@maywoodpd.org
201-845-8800
