WGUS71 KPHI 091819
FFSPHI

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
219 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

NJC019-021-023-035-092130-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hunterdon NJ-Mercer NJ-Middlesex NJ-Somerset NJ-
219 PM EDT Thu Jul 9 2026

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN MERCER, MIDDLESEX, SOMERSET AND SOUTHEASTERN 
HUNTERDON COUNTIES...

At 219 PM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms 
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flooding has been 
reported along portions of Route 1 and the New Jersey Turnpike. 
Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall 
rate is 2 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 
2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already 
occurring.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets, and underpasses.

Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
  New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, East 
  Brunswick, Bridgewater, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North 
  Brunswick, Carteret and Middlesex.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 67 and 70.
	New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 12.
	Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 20.
	Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 33 and 42.
	Garden State Parkway between mile markers 125 and 133.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around...don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most 
flood deaths occur in vehicles.

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LAT...LON 4068 7453 4065 7452 4067 7446 4066 7445
      4066 7440 4063 7442 4060 7446 4059 7421
      4056 7422 4055 7425 4052 7425 4050 7426
      4050 7428 4048 7427 4027 7467 4030 7481
      4047 7503

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Cooper