Alert Details
FFWOKX The National Weather Service in Upton has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Hudson County in northeastern New Jersey... Kings (Brooklyn) County in southeastern New York... New York (Manhattan) County in southeastern New York... Queens County in southeastern New York... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 404 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 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...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Jersey City, Jamaica, Flatbush, Hoboken, Crown Heights, Midtown Manhattan, Jackson Heights, Forest Hills, Canarsie, Astoria, Lower East Side, Union City, East Village, SoHo, Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Brooklyn Heights, Long Island City, Park Slope and Battery Park.