Weather Update: Flash Flood Watch Effective Until Tuesday Evening

Merely hours after being pounded with heavy rain, New Jersey residents could be in for another bout of showers and thunderstorms on Monday.

Flash flood watches and advisories have been issued for much of the state, including West Orange. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch for West Orange, effective until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

Periods of showers and thunderstorms, producing heavy rainfall, are expected through Tuesday, the National Weather Service said. Rainfall rates as high as 2 to 3 inches per hour are possible. Such rainfall could cause flash flooding in urban and poor drainage areas and flashy streams and small rivers to go over bankfull in northeast New Jersey.

Additionally, these amounts could cause dangerous roadway flooding and could be amplified by blocked storm drains.

Here’s your weather forecast from the NWS for the remainder of Monday and Tuesday:

• Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Northeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 52. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
• Tuesday: Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 58. North wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
• Tuesday Night: A chance of showers before 8 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.