UPDATE: Bergen County Residents Report Flooding On Highways, Detours, And Downed Trees

A thunderstorm brought flash flooding throughout Bergen County Sunday afternoon into the evening.

There was minor flooding in Ridgewood on Route 17 near Linwood Avenue Sunday afternoon.

A flash flood warning remains in effect until 8 p.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service reported.

Emerson resident Liz Clayton said it took her two hours to get home from ShopRite. She had to navigate a flooded parking lot.

Flash flooding was expected Sunday night as thunderstorms blanketed the area.

The National Weather Service’s flood hydrograph showed that the Saddle River in Ridgewood was expected to crest at slightly more than one-and-a-half feet. Flood stage for the river is five feet. Other hydrographs in Bergen County showed river levels rising slightly, but not anywhere near flood stage, the NWS reported.

(PIctured: Drivers traveling through a flashing flooding near Linwood Avenue Sunday afternoon, the flooded parking lot at ShopRite in Emerson, and a stream of water flows in between Daniel Schoonhen’s Paramus house and his neighbor’s/Courtesy of Kristin Thomas Walsh, Daniel Schoonhen, Liz Clayton)