Flash Flood Warning until 08:00PM
The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey... Northern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey... Northwestern Essex County in northeastern New Jersey...
* Until 800 PM EDT.
* At 500 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen. Additional rainfall is expected to move across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include... Wayne, Paramus, West Milford, Ridgewood, Ramsey, Ringwood, Pompton Lakes, Hawthorne, Oradell, Bloomingdale, Fairfield, Upper Greenwood Lake, Fair Lawn, Wyckoff and New Milford.
* AFFECTED AREAS: PASSAIC, NJ ... BERGEN, NJ ... ESSEX, NJ
Instructions:
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Address/Location
Hackensack Office of Emergency Management
205 State St
Hackensack, NJ 07601
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 201-518-9100
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Severe - Significant threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Flash Flood Warning