Thunderstorms Likely by 11am, Flash Flood Watch Until Tuesday Evening; West Essex Area Weather for Tuesday, July 15

by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com
Published 8:18am 

Updated at 6:23pm Tuesday
The temperature went up to 84° on Monday
The current temperature is 78°

At 2:05pm Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for northeast New Jersey, including West Essex. The Watch is expected to be in effect until 9pm Tuesday evening.  

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At 4:09am Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Watch for northeast New Jersey, including West Essex. The Watch is expected to be in effect from noon today until late Tuesday evening. The advisory was issued due to the forecast for heavy rains and the ensuing potential for flooding of small streams and roadways with clogged drains. 

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Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will move across the region ahead of a cold front this afternoon through late Tuesday night. 
The warm and very humid airmass will make for these showers and thunderstorms to produce torrential downpours, 
with storm total rainfall between 2 to 3 inches. 
Locally higher amounts can be expected. 
This will increase the Flash Flood potential. 

The main potential impacts are expected to be flooding of Urbanized as well as low lying areas, roadways, and in areas of poor drainage. In addition, small streams or rivers may exceed bankfull.

~ National Weather Service

West Essex NOW will continue to 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.

• Low: 73°
  12am to 8am
  
  
• High: 82° 
  ~ Heat Index of 86°
  2pm to 3pm

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12am to 10am

• CALM:  1–3 mph
  Light air
10am to 12am

• BREEZY: 5-8 mph
  Light breeze 

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• 12am to 10am 
  Heavy Fog
  
  
• Mostly Cloudy 
  
  
• Sunset: 8:27pm
  

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Radar as of 6:20pm Tuesday Credit: Wunderbar

• 8am to 11am 40% increasing to 56% scattered chance of 
  Rain and Thunder 
• 11am to 12pm
  66% likely chance of 
  Rain and Thunder 
  
  
• 6pm to 12am
  81% highly likely chance of 
  Rain and Thunder

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FORECAST

Wednesday, July 16
• Low:   68°
  High:  82°
• 12am to 9am 
  Heavy Fog, High Humidity
• Partly Cloudy
• 12am to 6am
  79% decreasing to 65% likely chance of Rain and Thunder 
  
• 6am to 9am 
  45% scattered chance of 
  Rain and Thunder 
• 9am to 12pm
  24% isolated slight chance of Rain

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Thursday, July 17
• Low:   62°
  High:  83°
• 6am to 9am
  Heavy Fog, High Humidity
• Sunny
• no precipitation 

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Friday, July 18
• Low:   60°
  High:  81°
• 7am to 9am
  Heavy Fog, High Humidity
• Partly Cloudy
• no precipitation

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Saturday, July 19
• Low:   66°
  High:  77°
• Cloudy
• 6am to 6pm
  23% isolated slight chance of Rain
• 6pm to 12am
  30% widely scattered chance of 
  Rain and Thunder
  

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Sunday, July 20
• The temperature lowers throughout the day:
  High:  73°
  Low:   64°
  
• 9am to 12am
  Heavy Fog, High Humidity
• Cloudy
• 12am to 6am
  30% widely scattered chance of Rain
• 6am to 6pm
  41% scattered chance of 
  Rain and Thunder 
• 6pm to 12am
  24% isolated slight chance of Rain
  

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Monday, July 21
• Low:   65°
  High:  83°
  
• 12am to 8am
  Heavy Fog, High Humidity
• Partly Cloudy
• 12am to 12am 
  24% increasing to 28% isolated slight chance of Rain

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Update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service station located in Fairfield's Essex County Airport.

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