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WEATHER ALERT

FLOODING POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY... Clouds will thicken tonight ahead of a long lasting low pressure system that will bring unsettled and cooler weather. Rain showers will develop after midnight, increasing in coverage toward the Friday morning commute. Much of the work day on Friday will then be a washout, with periods of rain. This can create for spotty areas of poor drainage and roadway flooding, with perhaps a stream/creek rising above their banks. Then, during the afternoon hours, two things will happen: 1) The potential for t-storms arrives, with a 40mph+ wind gust not ruled out and 2) Rain tapers down to showers after 3PM. The coveragein rainfall will decrease going into Friday night and it is likely dry on for daybreak on Saturday.

As a whole, 1.00" - 1.75" is expected from tonight - Friday night.

Threat Window: Flooding: Friday 8AM - 3PM (PM t-storm may create for add'l problems)

Special Notes: - Pockets of poor drainage flooding possible

- Smaller streams may approach bankfull, especially if rain exceeds 1.50"

- A 40 mph + wind gust is not ruled out in any t-storm that forms.

MISSING MAN FOUND

An alert police officer found a missing 97-year-old Philadelphia man Wednesday evening driving on Georges Road. The man was reported missing after he never showed up to the hospital his wife was taken to. At 9am Wednesday morning, the man was following an ambulance which was transporting his wife to a Philadelphia area hospital. Relatives notified police when the man never showed up at the hospital.

South Brunswick Police were notified at 5pm that the missing was driving a silver Malibu somewhere off Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike, according to his cell phone records. Officer Michael Leung was directing traffic at a motor vehicle crash on Georges Road near Harvey Road at about 5:45 p.m. when he saw the Malibu drive past. He motioned the driver to pull over and determined it was the missing Philadelphia man. The older man was lost and tired, but otherwise fine. He was taken to police headquarters, where he was given food and his family eventually came to pick him up.

Chief Raymond Hayducka credits Officer Leung with finding the driver. “This man was 40 miles away from where he intended to go and had been driving for hours unsure of where to stop. Officer Leung’s actions led a man to found safely and a family to be reunited. It was great work on his part.”