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Ridgewood NJ, FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT
Scattered to Numerous Instances of Flash flooding Likely. Locally Considerable Flash Flooding is Possible.
Portions of southern Connecticut, including the following areas, Northern Fairfield, Northern New Haven, Southern Fairfield and Southern New Haven. Portions of northeast New Jersey,
including the following areas, Eastern Bergen, Eastern Essex, Eastern Passaic, Eastern Union, Hudson, Western Bergen, Western Essex, Western Passaic and Western Union. Portions of southeast
New York, including the following areas, Bronx, Kings (Brooklyn), New York (Manhattan), Northeast Suffolk, Northern Nassau, Northern Queens, Northern Westchester, Northwest Suffolk, Orange, Putnam,
Richmond (Staten Island), Rockland, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Nassau, Southern Queens, Southern Westchester and Southwest Suffolk.
Through late tonight.
Excessive runoff will likely result in scattered to numerous instances of flash flooding in urban and poor drainage areas. Locally considerable flash flooding is possible where axis
of heaviest rain develops and sits for several hours. If this heavier rainfall axis develops over the flashy river and stream basins of northeastern NJ, Lower Hudson Valley, and southwestern
CT, moderate flood stages could be exceeded.
– A widespread 3 to 5 inches of rain is expected, with localized amounts of 5 to 7 inches possible.
-Rainfall rates of 1 to 2″/hr likely in heaviest rainfall axis, with rates in excess of 2″/hr possible.
-Flooding will be exacerbated in coastal areas where heavy rainfall coincides with this morning and and evening high tides.
-The exact axis of excessive rainfall is still uncertain, but those in the watch areas should prepare for the potential of considerable flooding.
They better get out there and start cleaning out ditch’s and storm drains.
We have to be on pace to set an annual rain fall record this year….
13 of the last 16 weekends….
yes and the watering restrictions are still in effect
Luckily you do not need to water when it is raining.
Ridgewood Water is groundwater, not surface water so available water is unaffected by rainfall. More importantly, water restrictions are in place due to ridgewood’s waters inability to supply water at peak demands and in emergency. In other words, we have enough water but we do NOT have the infrastructure to access it.
Maple field is under a foot of water.
There have been watering restrictions for the past 35 years
The field has flooded again….
Someone moved the duck pond to RHS football field
Watch the schedler field supporters come out with bs comments about how teams would have played today/tonite on schedler.
Apparently it doesn’t rain on that side of 17
you mean beacuse you voted for turf fields in a place that floods every times it rains since 1890 ?