West Milford 3.48 in 0545 AM 09/02 IFLOWS Groton Airport 3.64 in 0556 AM 09/02 ASOS New Haven Airport 4.53 in 0553 AM 09/02 ASOSĢ N Ledyard Center 6.45 in 0615 AM 09/02 Cocorahs Meriden Airport 4.96 in 0553 AM 09/02 ASOS Guilford 5.55 in 0700 AM 09/02 CO-OP Observer Nearly all of that fell within just 3 hours.Ĭhester Center 2.7 WNW 6.46 in 0636 AM 09/02 COCORAHS This is a new record for the wettest hour in Central Park. Newark Airport reported 3.24 inches of rain from 8 to 9 p.m.ģ.15 inches of rain in just one hour at Central Park from 8:50 to 9:50 p.m. Rainfall rates of 3 to 5 inches have been recorded in Northeast New Jersey and portions of NYC. The flooding was so bad that the National Weather Service in New York issued a Flash Flood Emergency, the highest flash flood threat level, for all five boroughs of New York City and North Jersey for the first time ever. The remnants from what was once Hurricane Ida interacted with a frontal system and unleashed record amounts of rain across the region. New York (WABC) - New York and New Jersey were hit with catastrophic flash flooding Wednesday evening that continued into Thursday, with water rescues, roads, homes and cars under feet of water, transportation stalled, people stranded on roofs of cars and more. On Metro-North, delays of up to 70 minutes were reported on the New Haven and Harlem lines at Grand Central after a flooding condition in the Bronx.Sam Champion explains the historic rain totals across the Tri-State area. The Pascack Valley Line, as well as the Morris and Essex Line, for NJ Transit reported delays of at least 30 minutes. Video from inside an MTA bus in the Bronx showed water pouring in from the rear door with riders on board, as the street had flooded. C trains were also impacted by the flooding. Mass transit options were also impacted by the rain, including in the city, where A trains were were not running between 168th Street and Inwood-207th Street in the Bronx for some time, while crews worked to remove water from the tracks near Dyckman Street. Some time later, a white work van was swallowed by the expanding hole. In the city, the rain led to a massive sinkhole opening up on Radcliffe Avenue in the Morris Park neighborhood, making the road impassable. 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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