Flood Warning For Essex County Continues Through 11 a.m. Friday

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for Hudson, Essex, Bergen, Passaic, and Union counties continuing until 11 a.m. Friday.

They said that flooding is already "imminent or occurring" in several towns listed below.

"Some locations that will experience flooding include... Newark, Paterson, Elizabeth, Passaic, Wayne, Hoboken, Plainfield, Bloomfield, Hackensack, Linden, New City, Orange, Bergenfield, Paramus, Ridgewood, Summit, Lyndhurst, Millburn, Monsey and Rutherford," the warning said.

"Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to risedue to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. It will take several hours for all the water from these storms to work through local drainage systems in urban areas."

Read more here.

Earlier Thursday:

The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for parts of Essex, Bergen, Passaic, and Union counties until 2 a.m. on Friday, due to the possibility of excessive rain later on Thursday that could cause runoff from rivers and streams.

Rain totals for the day could exceed 1.5 inches — not as much as the 7 inches or more that fell quickly in North Jersey quickly during the fatal Tropical Depression Ida, but still a significant rainfall.

The forecast for the area around Essex County Airport in Caldwell calls for .5-.75 inches of rain during the day on Thursday and then as much as .5-.75 more Thursday night, with patchy fog after 2 a.m.

Friday is forecast to be sunny.

The flood watch notification says:

"Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

"Multiple rounds of showers with embedded thunderstorms will move through the area through this evening bringing an additional 1 to 2 inches of rainfall on top of the 0.5 to 1.0 inches already received. However within any thunderstorms amounts could be higher bringing the potential for flash flooding: http://www.weather.gov/safety/..."

• See the forecast for the Essex County area here.
• See the map of expected rainfall totals here.
• Read about the weather statewide: NJ Weather: Thunderstorms, Heavy Rain, Flooding Possible Thursday

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