Flood Advisory Issued For Essex County

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for Essex, Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and Union counties due to heavy rain that could swell streams.

"As the event becomes imminent, a watch will normally be upgraded to either a warning or an advisory (which indicates an 80 percent or greater probability of occurence)," says Weather.gov. "A warning indicates that conditions pose a threat to life or property, and that travel will become difficult to impossible."

Forecasters predict that the rain will continue through the wee hours of Mother's Day morning, including wind gusts Saturday of up to 33 m.p.h.

More than an inch of rain has already fallen in parts of Essex County.

Two weeks ago, North Jersey's most vulnerable corners flooded when a storm brought nearly 2 inches of rain.

Read the NWS forecast for the area here.

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