Tornado Watch Extended In Wayne As Debby Bears Down On North Jersey

WAYNE, NJ — The remnants of Debby will impacting North Jersey on Friday, bringing potential for tornadoes, damaging winds, and flooding across the entire area, the National Weather Service said.

Currently, two alerts are in place for Wayne Township and Passaic County: a tornado watch until 10 p.m., and a wind advisory until 11 p.m. The tornado watch had originally expired at 2 p.m., but has been extended.

According to the National Weather Service office in New York, "there is a marginal to slight risk for severe weather for the area, with the primary threat being damaging winds with a localized tornado threat." Isolated wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour are possible.

"There is the potential for isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding late this afternoon into tonight, along with urban and poor drainage flooding," said forecasters on Friday morning.

As of 2 p.m., FirstEnergy (PSE&G) and Jersey Central Power and Light do not report any major outages in Wayne Township.

Current river gauge projections do not call for local rivers and streams to flood, township officials said.

Patch will update this article with any major power outages, road closures, or other weather-related incidents, and we have included helpful links below for tracking storm damage:

• Click here to see any current traffic advisories on Wayne Township roads, and click here to find any closures on state routes and highways.
• You can view current PSE&G outages here, and see JCP&L outages here.
• And, check out all the National Weather Service's current watches and warnings in New Jersey here.