Flood Warning in Essex County, New Jersey
Issued by the National Weather Service and archived by Claims Pages
EXPIRED
1/10/2024 3:11:00 PM (UTC)
Urgency: Expected
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
1/10/2024 3:11:00 PM until 1/11/2024 3:15:00 AM
Turn around...don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most
flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/phi.
The next statement will be issued late tonight at 315 AM EST.
The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in New
Jersey...
Passaic River Above Singac affecting Passaic, Morris and Essex
Counties.
For the Passaic River...including Singac...Moderate flooding is
forecast.
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is
forecast. This approaches the flood of record.
* WHERE...Passaic River above Singac.
* WHEN...Until further notice.
* IMPACTS...At 8.5 feet, Portions of the Wayne Town Center parking
lot begin to flood. Hobson Avenue and Riverlawn Drive in Wayne
begin to flood. Fairfield Road, Fayette Avenue, and Riversedge
Road in Wayne can flood as water backs up the Pompton River.
Lincoln Boulevard in Lincoln Park can also flood due to backwater
up the Pompton river. The Pequannock River Park also floods.
At 9.0 feet, Two Bridges Road in Fairfield is subject to closures.
At 9.5 feet, Camp Lane and Marginal Road in Fairfield begins to
flood.
At 10.0 feet, Two Bridges Road in Fairfield begins to flood. Finns
Drive, Siesta Drive, and Market street in Wayne are all
susceptible to flooding. William Street, Louis Street, and Zeliff
Avenue in Little Falls can begin to flood. Portions of Lincoln
Park become impassable. The Meadows Golf Club in Lincoln Park
floods.
At 11.0 feet, Little Falls Road in Fairfield floods. Flooding
increases across the Singac section of Little Falls.
At 12.0 feet, Willowbrook Boulevard begins to flood. The Route 46
ramp to access the Willowbrook Mall can flood as the Naachtpunkt
Brook backs up.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 2:45 PM EST Wednesday the stage was 9.3 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 2:45 PM EST Wednesday was 9.3 feet.
- Forecast...The river will rise to 11.6 feet tomorrow evening.
It will then fall to 10.8 feet and begin rising again early
Saturday morning. It will rise to 10.9 feet Saturday morning.
It will then fall again but remain above flood stage.
- Flood stage is 8.5 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
11.5 feet on 09/03/2021.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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Stream Fld Observed Fcsts (1 pm) Crest
Location Stg Stg Day/Time Thu Fri Stg Time Date
Passaic River
Singac 8.5 9.3 Wed 2 pm 11.5 11.1 11.6 7pm 1/11
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