Flash Flood Watch Until Tuesday Evening, Thunderstorms Likely by 1pm; West Essex Area Weather for Monday, July 14

7/14/2014

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

Updated at 6:11pm Monday

91°

79°

At 4:18pm Monday, 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 8pm Monday evening.

West Essex NOW will continue to monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible warnings.

At 6:29pm Monday, the National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Warning for northeast New Jersey, including West Essex. The Warning is expected to be in effect until 8:30pm tonight. 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.

At 3:58am Monday, 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.

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: 70°
4am to 5am
High: 84°
~ Heat Index of 89°
4am to 5am

12am to 2pm

CALM: 1–3 mph
Light air

2pm to 12am

BREEZY: 5 mph
Light breeze

Cloudy

Sunset: 8:28pm

Radar as of 5:40pm Monday Credit: Wunderbar

9am to 11am

26% isolated slight chance of Rain and Thunder

11am to 1pm

36% widely scattered chance of Rain and Thunder

1pm to 6pm

70% increasing to 78% likely chance of Rain and Thunder

6pm to 9pm

80% highly likely chance of Rain and Thunder

9pm to 12am

60% likely chance of Rain and Thunder

FORECAST

Tuesday, July 15

Low: 70°
High: 81°
12am to 11am
Heavy Fog
Cloudy
12am to 9am
40% increasing to 54% scattered chance of Rain and Thunder
9am to 3pm
66% increasing to 79% likely chance of Rain and Thunder
3pm to 12am
79% decreasing to 72% likely chance of Rain and Thunder