Headline:
Flash Flood Warning issued August 3 at 5:59AM EDT until August 3 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event:
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 3, 2026 - 2:59am
Expires:
August 3, 2026 - 6:00am
Description:
FFWPHI
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
Southeastern Somerset County in northern New Jersey...
* Until 900 AM EDT.
* At 559 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across portions of the warned area. Between 1 and 2
inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2
inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets, and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge, East
Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret, Middlesex, Bound
Brook and Manville.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 13.
Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 13.
Interstate 78 in New Jersey near mile marker 42.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 121 and 134.
Instruction:
Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Area Description:
Middlesex, NJ; Somerset, NJ
Forcast Office:
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov