5+ Inches: Updated Totals, Closures, Delays As HV Braces For More Rain

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — As heavy rain continues falling, with up to 7 inches possible locally, roads have closed and activities have been canceled.

The National Weather Service issued interim rainfall totals for the 24 hours ending at 1 p.m.:

Westchester County

• New Rochelle 5.13 inches
• Rye Brook 4.93
• Elmsford 4.60
• Tarrytown 4.37
• Elmsford 4.33
• White Plains Airport 3.83
• Hastings-on-hudson 3.68
• Rye 3.16
• Ossining 2.94
• Mount Kisco 2.75
• Midland Park 2.72
• 3 ESE Goldens Bridge 2.63
• Somers 2.54 in
• Yorktown Heights 2.46
• Peekskill 2.20 in

Rockland County

• Suffern 3.53 inches
• Nanuet 2.85
• Montebello 2.58
• 0.9 N Montebello 2.42
• Nanuet 2.14
• Bardonia 1.94

Putnam County

• Lake Carmel 3.40 inches
• Mahopac 2.86
• Brewster 2.85
• Putnam Valley 2.02

Orange County

• US Military Academy 1.49 inches
• Cornwall 1.39
• Vails Gate 1.15
• Walden 1.12
• 2.6 NW Tuxedo Park 1.00

More rain is expected; the National Weather Service said it would begin to taper off around 8 a.m. Saturday with scattered showered expected into the afternoon.

Mount Pleasant officials offered these flood safety tips for residents:

• If possible, stay home and avoid travel.
• Keep alert for signs of heavy rain (thunder and lightning), both where you are and upstream. Watch for rising water levels.
• Know where high ground is and get there quickly if you see or hear rapidly rising water.
• Be especially cautious at night. It’s harder to recognize the danger then.
• Do not attempt to cross flowing water which may be more than knee-deep. If you have doubts, don’t cross.
• Do not try to drive through flooded areas.
• If your vehicle stalls in a flooded area, abandon it and seek higher ground immediately.
• During threatening weather listen to commercial radio or TV, or NOAA Weather Radio for Watch and Warning Bulletins.

Westchester County declared a state of emergency, as did Mamaroneck, Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Yonkers. The City of Rye Ordered evacuations for some flood -prone ares near the Blind Brook.

In Greenburgh, firefighters had to rescue some trapped people by boat, Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said.

Schools closed early in Pelham. No after-school activities in Ossining, where all fields will be closed all weekend due to ground saturation. Pleasantville issued a travel advisory due to flooding roads. New Rochelle canceled all after-school activities Friday and all extracurricular activities at buildings districtwide Saturday including the HBCU Fair at New Rochelle High School. Iona Preparatory School dismissed students at 1:15 p.m. and canceled all after-school activities, including Saturday’s homecoming festivities. Afternoon Pre-K is canceled at Henry Barnard School due to flooding around the building. All students and staff currently in the building are safe, according to school officials. Lakeland schools have canceled all after-school activities. White Plains School said all athletics, games, team pictures, and practices are canceled for Friday. Additionally, grass fields are closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

In Westchester County, Bee-Line buses are experiencing delays on Routes 5, 7, 13, 30, 42, 45, 55, 60, and 61.

UPDATES:

• 'Do Not Drive At This Time,' Parkway Closures In Westchester: WCPD
• Westchester County Declares State Of Emergency
• New Rochelle Declares Local State of Emergency
• Mount Vernon, Yonkers Issue State Of Emergency Orders: Update
• Town Of Mamaroneck Declares State Of Emergency
• NYC Floods: Get Out Of Your Basements, City Warns
• Suspensions, Delays On Metro-North Friday
• NY Gov. Declares State Of Emergency In HV Due To 'Extreme Rainfall'
• Flash Flood Warning Issued For Northern Westchester
• Flooding Closes Colonial School In Pelham
• HV Interim Rainfall Report: An Inch+ Fell By 7 AM, 3-5 Inches Expected
• Flash Flood Warning Issued For Rockland, Southern Westchester
• Flooding Spurs 'Major Disruptions' On NYC Subways, Swamps Streets
• City Of Rye Officials Have Ordered Flood-Prone Areas To Evacuate
• Heavy Rain Postpones Croton's Villagewide Tag Sale - Again

7:30 a.m. Heavy rainfall and numerous instances of flash flooding can be expected in the morning across portions of the I-95 corridor from central and northern New Jersey through the lower Hudson Valley and into western Connecticut. Locally significant runoff problems and urban flooding generally appears likely, the NWS said.

"This is a very serious situation unfolding here!" Todd Snow of Hudson Valley Weather said on Facebook, reminding readers of the 13 people who drowned in NYC in 2021.

Area creeks and streams are running high and could flood with more heavy rain. Moderate flood levels could be exceeded for several small rivers and streams, with even potential for isolated major flood levels.

"The NWS Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service, Northeast River Forecast Center has three areas of concern for rise in water levels and they are the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, Wallkill at Gardiner, and Wappingers Creek at Wappinger Falls," Snow said.

Minor flooding is predicted for the Ramapo River in Mahwah, New Jersey.

Minor coastal fooding is expected and the coastal flood advisories remain in effect through high tides Saturday for the most vulnerable areas including coastal Westchester, NY/NJ harbor, Jamaica Bay, western Great South Bay, and Fairfield. A coastal flood advisory for the Sound Shore is in effect until 2 p.m. Saturday.

As of early Friday morning, AccuWeather forecasters were honing in on the immediate New York City and Tri-State area eastward across parts of southern New England as the zone at greatest risk for the narrow corridor of heavy rain to set up.

If and where an axis of heavy rain produces rainfall rates in excess of 2 inches per hour and total rainfall of 5-7”+ is still uncertain. This is where the threat of considerable flashing flooding would be greatest, the NWS said.

This rainfall forecast could be shifted 10-20 miles in either direction as the storm moves through.
Locally 5-7 inches of rain is possible for Rockland and Westchester, the National Weather Service said.

For Dutchess and Ulster: Long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall from late tonight through early Saturday morning with total rainfall of 2 to 4 inches forecast. Greatest amounts are expected to be across southern portions of Ulster, Dutchess and Litchfield counties.

SEE ALSO: More Than An Inch By 7 AM: Interim Rainfall Reports For The HV

"It is going to result in havoc throughout the Downstate region – Long Island, New York City, the Hudson Valley," Gov. Kathy Hochul told 1010WINS. "We could have anywhere from three to five inches of rain, one inch an hour. And that may not sound like a lot, but if you are driving on a road and you start to see the water puddling on the street, you need to get off the road immediately."

"Make note, ALL areas will be prone to flooding with our saturated soils," Bruce Furbeck of First Due Weather said on Facebook.

White Plains, which normally gets 3 or so inches of rain in all of September, is expected to get more than that today at the end of an already abnormally wet month. Through Thursday, Central Park has received an astounding 8.73 inches of rainfall this month. The Big Apple's historical average rainfall for September is 4.31 inches, said Renee Duff, AccuWeather meteorologist.

"The latest storm, although non-tropical in nature, is another thorn in the side for coastal locations still reeling from the effects of Ophelia. Well after its demise, the former tropical storm brought days of cloudy, cool, wet and windy weather to portions of the Northeast earlier this week," Duff said.

Here are the next 48 hours at a glance:

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