Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued For Bergen County: 'Quick Moving Storm'

BERGEN COUNTY, 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 Hudson, Bergen, Essex, 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."

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 of rain at night.

Will it be a false alarm, or 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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