Weather Alerts for Rockland CountyIssued by the National Weather Service |
Flash Flood Warning
 FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
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| ROCKLAND COUNTY | ||
Areas Affected: Bergen, NJ - Rockland, NY - Westchester, NY |
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| Effective: Mon, 7/14 3:38pm | Updated: Mon, 7/14 4:45pm | Urgency: Immediate |
| Expires: Mon, 7/14 5:30pm | Severity: Severe | Certainty: Likely |
Details:
FFWOKX The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey... Rockland County in southeastern New York... Central Westchester County in southeastern New York... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 338 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... New City, Ossining, Monsey, Nanuet, Ramsey, Tarrytown, Suffern, Nyack, Tappan, Pearl River, Hawthorne, Orangeburg, Upper Nyack, Spring Valley, Valley Cottage, Park Ridge, Airmont, Congers, Upper Saddle River and Chestnut Ridge. Information: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. |
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 FLOOD WATCH |
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| ROCKLAND COUNTY | ||
Areas Affected: Northern Fairfield - Western Passaic - Eastern Passaic - Hudson - Western Bergen - Eastern Bergen - Western Essex - Eastern Essex - Western Union - Eastern Union - Orange - Putnam - Rockland - Northern Westchester |
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| Effective: Mon, 7/14 4:02pm | Updated: Mon, 7/14 4:45pm | Urgency: Future |
| Expires: Tue, 7/15 12:00am | Severity: Severe | Certainty: Possible |
Details:
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of southern Connecticut, including the following area, Northern Fairfield, northeast New Jersey, including the following areas, Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Union, and Hudson, and southeast New York, including the following areas, Northern Westchester, Orange, Putnam and Rockland. * WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of urban, low lying, and flood prone locations, as well as along rivers, creeks, and streams. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Numerous showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain are expected late this afternoon and this evening. Widespread rainfall of 1 to 3 inches and localized rainfall totals of up to 5 inches are possible, with rainfall rates of over 2 inches per hour possible. Much of this could fall in only 3 to 4 hours, causing scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood Information: 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. |
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