Severe Weather Alert: Floodings Due To Rainfalls – April 28, 2008
The green layer indicates rainfall. Can you spot a portion in the map where it’s not covered with green? You can’t, because it’s going to rain all night!
Weather Radar Map Around Jersey City. Not clickable.
As a matter of fact, a Severe Weather Alert (see top right of this site) was already issued by the National Weather Service informing of the STREAM FLOOD in Hudson County and neighboring areas.
Read the rest for the full version of the alert. Relevant portions are highlighted to make reading easier for you. Capitalization is not mine, though…
833 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED AN
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR… HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY… BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY… ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY… UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY… ORANGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK… PUTNAM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK… ROCKLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK… PASSAIC COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY… WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT…
* AT 833 PM EDT…THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAS TRACKING AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH PER HOUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS… HIGHWAYS…STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
IN ADDITION…FLASHY STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. INCONVENIENCES CAN BE EXPECTED BUT THE FLOODING WILL NOT BE IMMEDIATELY LIFE THREATENING.
Drive safely if you are on the way home. 
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
Recent Comments