This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Northampton County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 28 at 3:38PM EDT until July 28 at 6:45PM 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, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 315,020 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), 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 · ≈ 490 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 — Washington, NJ
State Rt. 57 and NJ 31 are flooded.
- Storm report NWS BGM storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Liberty, NY
Flooding around apartments, impacting electrical boxes.
- Storm report NWS BGM storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 NNE Liberty, NY
Water crossing Route 17 Eastbound in two areas before the Liberty exit.
- Bulletin NWS Upton NY
Flash Flood Warning issued
Bergen, NJ; Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Passaic, NJ; Union, NJ
Show 3 earlier updates
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