Kendall Park, NJ Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHERN MONMOUTH AND EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTIES...

At 328 PM EDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches
of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in
1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in
the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Trained spotters reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses.

Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
Sandy Hook, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Sayreville,
Holmdel, Red Bank, Keansburg, Matawan, Jamesburg, Brownville and
Lincroft.

This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike near exit 9.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 111 and 125.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.

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FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED;
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN MERCER, MIDDLESEX, SOMERSET AND SOUTHEASTERN
HUNTERDON COUNTIES...

At 219 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flooding has been
reported along portions of Route 1 and the New Jersey Turnpike.
Between 1 and 3 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 already
occurring.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses.

Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, East
Brunswick, Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North
Brunswick, Carteret and Middlesex.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 67 and 70.
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 12.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 20.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 33 and 42.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 125 and 133.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.

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FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED;
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE;
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Portions of New Jersey, including the following areas,
Atlantic, Coastal Atlantic, Coastal Ocean, Cumberland, Eastern
Monmouth, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Ocean, Somerset,
Southeastern Burlington and Western Monmouth and southeast
Pennsylvania, including the following area, Upper Bucks.

* WHEN...Until midnight EDT tonight.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Showers and thunderstorms will continue to develop through
this evening, capable of producing heavy downpours. Rainfall
rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, possibly as high as 3 inches
per hour, are likely and short term training could result in
flooding over portions of northern, eastern, and southern New
Jersey.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.

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