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Part of: Wabash County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 20 at 5:39PM EDT until August 20 at 7:45PM EDT by NWS Upton NY
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Bergen, NJ; Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Passaic, NJ; Union, NJ; Bronx, NY; Kings, NY; New York, NY; Queens, NY; Richmond, NY, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 381,356 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; Union, NJ; Bronx, NY; Kings, NY; New York, NY; Queens, NY; Richmond, NY), 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; Union, NJ; Bronx, NY; Kings, NY; New York, NY; Queens, NY; Richmond, NY · ≈ 600 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.
- News TAPinto
Flood Warning For Ridgewood, Bergen County…Again
- Bulletin NWS Upton NY
Flash Flood Warning issued
Bergen, NJ; Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Passaic, NJ; Union, NJ; Bronx, NY; Kings, NY; New York, NY; Queens, NY; Richmond, NY
- News Bergen Record
Flood watch issued in North Jersey with another storm coming
- News NJ.com
N.J. weather: Thunderstorms could hit state today with up to 5 inches of rain, high winds, tornadoes
Show 1 earlier update
- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos 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 ↗.