CURRENT RAINFALL TOTALS WINDOWS
New Jersey's Bergen County had a slew of road closures due to streets being inundated by the rain, some where vehicles were almost entirely submerged and people had to ditch their cars, climbing out of the windows to escape. Several roads had to be closed and high water rescues were said to be underway. In the area around Purchase and Mount Pleasant, in Westchester County, up to nine inches of rain may have fallen, radar showed. As the day wore on, widespread showers fell elsewhere, with flash floods leaving more than 5 inches of rain, according to radar estimates, in parts of New Jersey's Bergen and New York's Westchester counties by the early afternoon. The first half of the day stayed quiet for some and jolted others, with a quick line of powerful storms dumping an inch of water in parts of New Jersey by 8 a.m. Check the latest severe weather alerts.ĭamaging winds and heavy rain thrashed much of the tri-state area late Monday afternoon, including New York City. A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect for the entire tri-state except for Long Island's Suffolk County until 10 p.m. Flash flood warnings were issued for Manhattan, the Bronx, Long Island Westchester, Fairfield and Bergen counties.Īnd the threat doesn't end there. Severe thunderstorm warnings were in effect for Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx, Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties in New York as well as most of northern New Jersey and Connecticut's Fairfield County into the early evening. It'll feel more like 100 for much of the week because of high humidity NYC's average number of days above 90 degrees in July is 11, five days more than the current total this year.Ī severe line of storms triggered a bevy of flash flood and thunderstorm warnings from New York City to the Jersey Shore and Connecticut's Fairfield County Monday with flash floods impacting commutes for many throughout the tri-state, before yet another heat wave kicks off on Tuesday.
They're expected to stay there for a solid week A dangerous stretch of heat grips the tri-state area starting Tuesday, sending temperatures into the 90s.Damaging winds and heavy rain, along with frequent lightning, thrashed much of the tri-state area late Monday afternoon and into the evening hours, flooding roads.
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