Nearly five inches of rainfall Saturday afternoon led to vehicles getting swept away from a New Jersey car dealership as the community of Little Falls dealt with intense flash flooding.
BREAKING NEWS – Ferocious flooding devastates the community of Little Falls, NJ on Saturday. Radar estimates around 6"+ so far today. @NWSNewYorkNY #njwx #flooding #flashflooding pic.twitter.com/RIMZHYoqGv
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) August 12, 2018
Social media videos showed a car dealership on Route 46 getting inundated with water after the heavy rain.
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Little Falls and Rt. 46 sit along the Passaic River. Nearby Essex County Airport registered 4.92″ of rainfall Saturday, a tad less than the original six inches estimated by radar.
The radar loop over #LittleFalls showed intense rain Saturday afternoon, especially between about 2 and 6 p.m. leading to the flash #flooding #NJwx pic.twitter.com/GWRoZn9fxN
— WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) August 12, 2018
More heavy rain is expected across the Northeast Sunday, Monday, and early Tuesday due to a slow-moving storm system. Additional rainfall could add up to 1 to 4 more inches in some areas.
Be mindful when traveling through this area the rest of this weekend. Allow extra travel time. Take an alternate route if your path is flooded. Move vehicles to higher ground now before the heavy rain hits. Since it has been so wet lately, it may not take a lot more rain to produce flooding.
For WeatherNation, Meteorologist Steve Glazier