Projected Path of Tropical Storm Hanna (weather.com)
Here’s a weather post for all JSQ residents …. looks like Hudson County (that includes Journal Square, Jersey City of course) is going to be wet today – Saturday, September 6, 2008 – as Tropical Storm Hanna approaches New Jersey.
The projected track of the storm is on the screen-captured map, and it says there will be a moderate rain (light orange) in NJ. It will get stronger as the day progresses.
Flood warning after the jump…
Flood Watch Warning for New Jersey and Hudson County
(Emphasis mine)
…FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING…
THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* ALL OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT… NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES…IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT… FAIRFIELD…MIDDLESEX…NEW HAVEN AND NEW LONDON. IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…BERGEN…ESSEX…HUDSON… PASSAIC AND UNION. IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…BRONX…KINGS (BROOKLYN)… NASSAU…NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)… ORANGE…PUTNAM…QUEENS… RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)…ROCKLAND…SUFFOLK AND WESTCHESTER.
* FROM 8 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.
* TROPICAL STORM HANNA…LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING…IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT… WITH A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ON SATURDAY.
* HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA WELL IN ADVANCE OF THE CENTER OF THE STORM OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE CENTER OF HANNA MAKES ITS CLOSEST APPROACH… PASSING VERY NEAR LONG ISLAND. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES…WITH SOME POSSIBLE HIGHER AMOUNTS…WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ACROSS HIGHLY URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS…AND CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS.
FLASH FLOODING OFTEN LEADS TO IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS THAT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER AND CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO WATER ENTERING THE ENGINE AND VEHICLE.
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