Flood Statement Issued For Hoboken This Week With Higher Tides Than Usual: See When

HOBOKEN, NJ — The National Weather Service has issued a flood statement for the coastal area of Hoboken for Sunday night — even without rain in the forecast.

That's because high tide will be higher than usual Sunday night and all week..

Keep An Eye On Thursday

With heavy rain predicted for Wednesday night through Thursday night, another flood advisory is expected later in the week.

Coastal flood statements and advisories are in effect for Sunday for much of the Jersey shore. See a map here.

For Hoboken, the NWS statement runs from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday evening: "Brief minor flooding of the most vulnerable locations near the waterfront and shoreline."

High tide will be 5.47 feet at 8:33 p.m. Sunday. The tides usually vacillate between 4 and 5.1 feet in Hoboken.

The statement noted, "Another round of localized minor flooding is likely Monday evening." At 9:18 p.m. on Monday, high tide in Hoboken will be 5.7 feet.

And then there's Wednesday night into Thursday night, when at least an inch of rain is in the forecast. High tides will be: Wednesday at 10:52 p.m., and Thursday at 11:32 a.m. and again at 11:44 p.m.

The Significant River Flood Outlook map is here.

Get Updates With These Links

Forecasting weather is an imperfect science, so it's best to be prepared, then to check the most up-to-date numbers:

• Keep an eye on the radar here.
• See a current map of all watches and warnings in New Jersey here.

See the updated NWS forecasts, watches, and warnings for North Jersey:

• Bergen County here
• Essex County here
• Hudson County here

What about the rivers? This NWS map of the United States will show the potential for flooding.

Come back to Patch for updates.