{"id":964518,"date":"2026-07-28T12:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/964518\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:04:22","slug":"nyc-area-under-flood-watch-as-severe-weather-threatens-tri-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/964518\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC area under flood watch as severe weather threatens Tri-State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vl0qetduzqg6ro0l.jpg\" alt=\"NYC Weather Forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vl0qetduzqg6ro0l.jpg\" alt=\"NYC Weather Forecast\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\"><strong>New York<\/strong> &#8211; New York City and the entire surrounding area are under a flood watch Tuesday through Wednesday as severe weather threatens the Tri-State with heavy rain and thunderstorms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The flood watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday, with severe thunderstorms anticipated late Tuesday afternoon and evening, and lingering heavy showers through Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Life-threatening flash flooding is possible as multiple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms sweep through the Tri-State Area starting Tuesday thanks to a slow-moving low pressure system, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSNewYorkNY\/status\/2082046052299866562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Weather Service<\/a> says.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tue-northeast-flash-flood-outlook-1.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The highest risks of flash flooding are in New York City, northeastern New Jersey, southwestern Connecticut and the Lower Hudson Valley, according to the NWS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Peak rainfall rates could hit 2\u20133 inches an hour in areas under the flood watch, with average rainfall totaling 2\u20135 inches. There&#8217;s an isolated chance for 7+ inches outside NYC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/northeast-rain-qpf.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Damaging wind gusts of 60\u201370 miles per hour are possible with these severe thunderstorms. Power outages could occur since the high winds could bring down trees and power lines.<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Parts of New York City and northeast New Jersey are under the greatest threat, the NWS said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WNYW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The New York City Office of Emergency Management issued a travel advisory starting Tuesday, urging people to prepare for heavy rainfall and localized flooding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">&#8220;After a beautiful summer weekend, rain is returning to New York City. Our agencies are out preparing our infrastructure to quickly move stormwater off our streets, but everyone has a part to play in keeping themselves and their communities safe,&#8221; Mayor Zohran Mamdani said. &#8220;New Yorkers should prepare now for showers and thunderstorms that could cause dangerous flash flooding \u2013 even a short period of rainfall can quickly flood streets, basements, and low-lying areas. Stay vigilant, <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/account\/oplogin.htm?client_id=piQBWIKc2ZJpuup6mVjJbNSU&amp;gig_ui_locales=en-US&amp;gig_client_id=piQBWIKc2ZJpuup6mVjJbNSU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">sign up for Notify NYC<\/a>, and check in on your neighbors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> This story includes information from the National Weather Service and New York City Office of Emergency Management.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/nyc\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York City<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/nj\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Jersey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5ny.com\/tag\/us\/ny\/long-island\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Long Island<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York &#8211; New York City and the entire surrounding area are under a flood watch Tuesday through&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":964519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,6084,405,403,50,5226,5225,15747,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,313],"class_list":["post-964518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-long-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-news","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-nj","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-weather"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116997513032044439","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964518","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=964518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/964518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/964519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=964518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=964518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=964518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}