Flash Flood Watch Extended For Lower Hudson Valley

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Showers and thunderstorms are expected today across the entire area, the National Weather Service said.

Flood watch has been extended until midnight for the Lower Hudson Valley and Southern Connecticut. There is a slight to moderate risk for Excessive Rainfall.

Wind gusts in excess of 58 mph could damage trees and power lines and result in scattered power outages; 1 inch hail could result in minor damage to motor vehicles.

The Lower Hudson Valley area has been hard hit recently with heavy rain and flooding so it will not take as much rain to cause flooding, the NWS said.

At 750 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding across Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties, the National Weather Service said in a flood advisory.

Rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected over the area in the morning.

Some locations that will experience flooding include Yonkers, New Rochelle, White Plains, New City, Port Chester, Newburgh, Middletown, Ossining, Peekskill, Monsey, Nanuet, Rye, Haverstraw, Tarrytown, Mount Kisco, Dobbs Ferry, Suffern and Port Jervis.

Ground and soil conditions remain saturated across the region from rainfall last weekend, so additional rounds of storms and thunderstorms bringing heavy rain may result in excessive runoff — which may worsen or lead to new areas of flooding.

That includes rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

Parts of Orange County have already been hit hard, overnight thunderstorms drenched the region and left many without power.

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