Flash Flood Danger for NYC and Northeast
Who’s laughing now?
NYT:
A large portion of the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast was under threat of flash flooding on Monday as a sluggish storm moved east, unleashing showers and thunderstorms from the Ohio Valley to the East Coast.
Forecasters warned of the risk of intense rainfall in several places, including New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Localized totals over five inches “certainly seems plausible,” forecasters said Monday afternoon.
Flash flood watches were in effect from North Carolina to New York. A watch means conditions are favorable for severe weather, and a warning is issued once an event is occurring, or about to.
Forecasters said the system’s slow speed and the presence of unusually hot and humid air were contributing to the high flood risk, particularly along the Interstate 95 corridor from Washington to northern New Jersey.
“The concern is one storm will follow another, after another, and multiple rounds over areas that can’t handle that much rain, all falling in a short amount of time,” said Joseph Wegman, a meteorologist with the Weather Prediction Center.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 16, 2025 2:58 AM
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We’ve been warned and take it seriously. We know it’s a sign of global warming
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 14, 2025 8:03 PM
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I’m now under a flash flood warning.
Glad I live on a hill
NNJ.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 14, 2025 8:21 PM
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Not sure anyone was laughing at a flood killing teenage girls.
Some people did note that their parents repeatedly rejected several offers of help to prepare for situations like that.
Others noted that the President they undoubtedly voted for has slashed funds for FEMA - even demonizing it - right when his core constituency needs it most.
But no one laughed.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 14, 2025 8:29 PM
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Hi neighbor at R2. Yeah something quite Florida-esque just barreled through here, an abrupt and total downpour.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 14, 2025 8:35 PM
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Now my devices are all ringing a siren with a warning of a “dangerous and life-threatening situation.”
“Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing”
Well, I never!
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 14, 2025 9:33 PM
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The difference between Texas and the Northeast, if this is what our Trumpian OP is getting at, is that in the northeast, people pay attention to warnings and try to use their federal and state money to avoid disasters.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 14, 2025 9:49 PM
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Flash flood warnings are commonplace in this region. The predicted rainfall i is unlikely to approach NC or TX levels. Fallen trees and tree limbs are more likely problems..
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 14, 2025 9:52 PM
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Netflix will soon be rushing into production “Camp Mystic Pizza” with Julia Roberts playing a fearless camp counselor.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 14, 2025 9:56 PM
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OP doesn’t seem to understand that people in these parts understand science and take it seriously.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 14, 2025 10:10 PM
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My concern in my NYC neighborhood is when there is more than one inch of rain an hour, then the sewer drain under my home leading to the street sewers becomes bottled necked and the water starts to rise into my basement. Based on the weather radar I just looked at we will probably get at least one inch of rain tonight, possibly more, so I;m going to be monitoring in the vent I hear gurgling in the basement, which will mean the draining is become overwhelmed.
The problem in certain rural areas is the hills and valleys and where rain water begins to accumulate after a couple of hours and produces rivers.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 14, 2025 11:08 PM
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Yikes! So much for going into Manhattan tonight.
Quick reminder of the NY neighborhoods that flooded during Sandy: southern half of Brooklyn, Wall Street, Subrbuan NJ.
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 14, 2025 11:12 PM
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Check out the Saw Mill Parkway just north of NYC.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 15, 2025 2:45 AM
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More footage from NJ early this evening
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 15, 2025 3:25 AM
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The subways are a floodin!
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 15, 2025 3:37 AM
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It's just a little ... drizzle.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 15, 2025 10:22 AM
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Wall Street didn’t flood. The subway and the tunnels in lower Manhattan flooded.
Chelsea west of 10th Ave was inundated by high tides.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 15, 2025 10:50 AM
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NJ always “floods”—too many brooks and streams west of Manhattan.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 15, 2025 10:51 AM
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[quote]Netflix will soon be rushing into production “Camp Mystic Pizza” with Julia Roberts playing a fearless camp counselor.
Except the Julia Roberts role will be played by Nicole Kidman.
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 15, 2025 11:19 AM
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I smell a comeback role for Annabeth Gish!
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 15, 2025 11:28 AM
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The Democrat Weather Machine has shore been busy this month.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 15, 2025 11:21 PM
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We had a month's worth of rain (between 70-80 mm) in a few hours up here, north of the border, on the weekend. Flooded basements, some streets. I think the Metro was okay. But we always get one like this right around now. The worst I remember was July 14th, 1987. A sunken expressway looked like a canal.
The worst is sewer backup.
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 15, 2025 11:39 PM
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[quote]Netflix will soon be rushing into production “Camp Mystic Pizza” with Julia Roberts playing a fearless camp counselor.
[quote]Except the Julia Roberts role will be played by Nicole Kidman.
Julia herself will be playing African American.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 16, 2025 2:58 AM
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