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WGUS81 KPHI 150542
FLSPHI
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
142 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN NEW
JERSEY...
PASSAIC RIVER AT CHATHAM AFFECTING SOMERSET AND MORRIS COUNTIES.
FOR THE PASSAIC RIVER...INCLUDING MILLINGTON, CHATHAM, PINE BROOK,
SINGAC, LITTLE FALLS...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 200 PM EDT.
NJC027-035-151800-
/O.EXT.KPHI.FL.W.0011.000000T0000Z-250716T1800Z/
/CAMN4.1.ER.250714T2226Z.250714T2345Z.250716T1200Z.NO/
142 AM EDT TUE JUL 15 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...PASSAIC RIVER AT CHATHAM.
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS...AT 5.5 FEET, OPEN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE PASSAIC RIVER
FLOOD IN NEW PROVIDENCE, CHATHAM TOWNSHIP, AND BERKLEY HEIGHTS.
AT 6.0 FEET, PORTIONS OF THE SHEPARD KOLLUCK PARK IN CHATHAM
FLOODS. RIVER ROAD BY HENRY DRIVE IS SUBJECT TO CLOSURES.
AT 6.5 FEET, THE CENTRAL AND BRIDGE AVENUE BRIDGES IN CHATHAM
TOWNSHIP ARE SUBJECT TO CLOSURES. EDGEWOOD ROAD IS CLOSED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1:15 AM EDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.0 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL FALL TO 5.9 FEET AND THEN BEGIN
RISING AGAIN LATER THIS MORNING. IT WILL THEN RISE ABOVE
FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON TO 6.1 FEET.
IT WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW MORNING.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET.
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF
6.1 FEET ON 04/02/2005.
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (2 AM EDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME WED THU FRI
PASSAIC RIVER
CHATHAM 6.0 6.0 TUE 1 AM EDT 6.1 5.7 MSG
LAT...LON 4082 7430 4074 7432 4060 7452 4067 7452
4075 7441 4081 7438
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