August 19th New Jersey Flash Flooding

Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

025 NWUS51 KOKX 200020 LSROKX PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 819 PM EDT WED AUG 19 2015 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0330 PM FLASH FLOOD MOUNTAINSIDE 40.68N 74.36W 08/19/2015 UNION NJ TRAINED SPOTTER CR-22 CLOSED BETWEEN MOUNTAIN AVENUE AND NEW PROVIDENCE ROAD 0418 PM FLASH FLOOD SCOTCH PLAINS 40.63N 74.37W 08/19/2015 UNION NJ PUBLIC ALL LANES CLOSED ON US-22 BETWEEN BONNIE BURN ROAD AND MOUNTAIN AVENUE 0502 PM FLASH FLOOD BERKELEY HEIGHTS 40.68N 74.43W 08/19/2015 UNION NJ FIRE DEPT/RESCUE MULTIPLE WATER RESCUES UNDERWAY ON DIAMOND HILL ROAD BETWEEN VALLEY ROAD AND MOUNTAIN AVENUE && $$ CJB