Hazardous Weather Outlook For Livingston: 'Quick Moving Storm' Late Wednesday

LIVINGSTON, NJ — While it isn't expected to be as extreme as the storms that flooded North Jersey towns last Monday, the National Weather Service says that a day of rain on Wednesday could swell waterways in already flooded areas.

A Hazardous Weather Outlook warns Essex, Bergen, Hudson, and Union counties that:

"A quick moving storm system will likely bring 3/4 to 1 1/2 inches, of rain, reasonable worst case of 2 inches, Wednesday into Wednesday night. With streamflows and soil moisture still running high, there is potential for minor flood stages to be reached along a few to several quick responding streams in this area if high end of rainfall forecast is reached."

They advised, "Monitor subsequent forecasts, as there will be more clarity on the hydrologic impacts over the next 48 hours."

Last Monday, towns like Ridgewood, Mahwah, and Fairfield flooded when local streams rose. Fairfield declared a state of emergency that was only lifted late Friday.

The forecast currently calls for as much as half an inch of rain during the day Wednesday and as much as 1-2 inches to fall at night.

Will the rains exacerbate the situation left by last week's floods? Click here for NWS updates on the forecast for the area.

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