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Butler Borough
Sunday January 22nd, 2017 :: 03:20 p.m. EST

Community

Flood Watch until 07:00PM Monday

...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE FLOODING MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...EASTERN MONMOUTH...MERCER...AND WESTERN MONMOUTH. IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...MIDDLESEX... MORRIS...AND SOMERSET. IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...COASTAL OCEAN AND OCEAN.

* FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT

* LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST ON MONDAY...AND THEN WILL MEANDER JUST OFF THE NEW JERSEY SHORELINE MONDAY NIGHT BEFORE DEPARTING ON TUESDAY. BANDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO EASTERN AND PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING MONDAY EVENING. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLY APPROACHING 4 INCHES. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MONMOUTH AND MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MORRIS ... SOMERSET

Instructions:

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
Butler Borough
10 High St
Butler, NJ 07405

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 973-838-4100

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Alert Details

Severity:
Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Flood Watch

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