Flash Flood Warning until 07:45PM ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
FFWPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey... South Central Morris County in northern New Jersey... Central Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Central Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
* Until 745 PM EDT.
* At 453 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.5 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour. 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...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include... New Brunswick, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Bridgewater, Carteret, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville, High Bridge, Clinton and Peapack And Gladstone. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike near exit 13. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 1 and 28. Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 12 and 42. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 130 and 134.
* AFFECTED AREAS: HUNTERDON, NJ ... MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MORRIS, NJ ... SOMERSET, NJ
Instructions:
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Address/Location
Somerset County Public Safety
20 Grove St
Somerville, NJ 08876
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-231-7140
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