Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Mercer County in central New Jersey...
Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
Southeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 122 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 to 3 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 and automated gauges.
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, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, East
Brunswick, Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North
Brunswick, Ewing and Carteret.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around...don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
