{"id":67322,"date":"2025-07-16T13:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/67322\/"},"modified":"2025-07-16T13:30:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:30:14","slug":"nyc-faces-storm-flash-flood-risk-amid-possible-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/67322\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC faces storm, flash flood risk amid possible heat wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/radar.jpg\" alt=\"NYC weather forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>NEW YORK CITY<\/strong> &#8211; New York City could be in play for another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">heat wave<\/a> this week, with the potential for more heavy rain, storms and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/news\/weather-nyc-subway-status-service-delays-flooding-rain-storm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">flash flooding<\/a> due to the hot and humid conditions.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">While the threat of scattered showers and storms is mostly expected on Wednesday for parts of northwest New Jersey, <strong>FOX 5 NY&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mikewoodsfox5\/status\/1945437978001625472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mike Woods<\/a> says the Big Apple won&#8217;t be totally out of the clear.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/heat-alert.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">&#8220;A little bit of that does bleed into the metro area, so we&#8217;re likely to see at least a few quick showers later this evening and into tonight, and then we&#8217;ll keep it kind of steamy and potentially stormy as we go through the day tomorrow,&#8221; Woods said.<\/p>\n<p> JUMP TO:   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">A heat advisory, as well as an air quality alert, is in effect for New York City. Flood watches are also in place for parts of northwest New Jersey:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>Wednesday: <\/strong>A 20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1752672614_315_radar.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>Wednesday night: <\/strong>A 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Local perspective:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/media\/phi\/current_briefing.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Weather Service (NWS),<\/a> New York City is under the &#8220;marginal&#8221; category for flash flood risk, which is defined as &#8220;isolated flash floods possible.&#8221; The yellow-shaded area below presents the &#8220;greatest risk of flash flooding&#8221;, the agency says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Here&#8217;s what the agency highlights for Wednesday evening into tonight:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/gv-jj8cwgaash1a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-0dea8073=\"\">Photo credit: <strong>The National Weather Service.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop this evening and into tonight.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Storms will be capable of producing locally heavy rainfall, with rates near 1-2&#8243; per hour possible.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\">Localized rainfall amounts near 2-4&#8243; possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The heat and humidity will be &#8220;hanging out for a bit,&#8221; Woods says:<\/p>\n<ul original-article-post=\"\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>Thursday: <\/strong>A 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>Thursday night: <\/strong>Partly cloudy, with a low around 78.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>Friday: <\/strong>Sunny, with a high near 83.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-ct\" data-v-03e8ff79=\"\"><strong>Friday night: <\/strong>Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The NWS says if more sunshine happens on Thursday, heat index values could reach 105 degrees across northeast New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>FOX Weather LIVE updates<\/strong>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/weather\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY &#8211; New York City could be in play for another heat wave this week, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":67323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-67322","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-newyork","13":"tag-newyorkcity","14":"tag-ny","15":"tag-nyc","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa","22":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114863159871183474","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}