This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Greater Bridgeport Planning Region Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 3:07PM EDT until July 21 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Upton NY
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Bergen, NJ; Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Passaic, NJ, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 221,994 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Bergen, NJ; Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Passaic, NJ), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Bergen, NJ; Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Passaic, NJ · ≈ 350 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS PHI storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NNE Dover, NJ
Exit 35 ramp closed on I-80 due to high water and flooded roadways.
- Storm report NWS OKX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 NE Fairfield, CT
Several photos of water flooding roads with water up to a few homes in Fairfield.
- Bulletin NWS Upton NY
Flash Flood Warning issued
Bergen, NJ; Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Passaic, NJ
- News Lohud
Flash flood warning issued for Lower Hudson Valley
Show 3 earlier updates
- TheDailyNewsOnline.com News
- CBS News News
Severe storms cause flash flooding across New York, New Jersey
- NJ.com News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.