UPDATE: Flooding in Newark submerges cars, causes traffic back-ups, flight delays and Wild weather rotation captured ahead of tornado warning in N.J.
The National Weather Service placed all of New Jersey under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m. Saturday as the state braced to receive up to five inches of rain, as well as heavy winds and potential flooding.
The heaviest rain is expected to begin after 2 p.m., and the worst of the weather is expected to be gone by midnight, forecasts say.
The wet weather is expected to come in two rounds — the first in the afternoon, pushing offshore sometime between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m., and the second coming later.
Forecasters proved to be on target. At one point Saturday, a tornado warning was issued for Woodbridge due to a funnel cloud visible in the area in the afternoon. The National Weather Service said a trained weather spotter reported a funnel cloud at 3:07 pm. from his vantage point in Woodbridge, but it did not appear to make contact with the ground.
Another tornado warning was issued for Flemington around 5 p.m., and a third was issued for Fort Dix, New Egypt and Wrightstown around 10:30 p.m.
Between 3 and 10 p.m., the National Weather Service issued numerous severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for most parts of New Jersey, from Camden and Cape May counties on up to Hunterdon and Somerset counties. Meanwhile, heavy flooding that included stranded vehicles overtaken by water were reported in Newark and Hunterdon and Somerset counties.
Portions of the highways in Newark were closed due to the flooding, including all lanes on Route 21 at Emmet Street, as well as the Route 1&9 truck route northbound at the New Jersey Turnpike.
Nearly 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts hit Newark Airport shortly before 3 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Flooding caused some bussing delays as well as parking lot closures, airport officials said on Twitter.
A slow-moving cold front sparked several heavy rain storms Saturday, with low-lying areas particularly susceptible to flash floods, the National Weather Service in Mount Holly warned. Thunderstorms will likely see between 1 and 3 inches of rain, the weather service said.
Early storm reports
Among the early storm reports sent to the National Weather Service Saturday afternoon were downed trees in Clinton Township, Delaware Township, Lebanon, Stockton and Tewksbury in Hunterdon County, including one tree that was down and blocking lanes on Route 29 near Stockton.
Hail stones measuring a half-inch in diameter were reported in Glen Gardner in Hunterdon County at about 2:15 p.m. Saturday, and hail almost 1 inch in diameter was reported in the Hopelawn section of Woodbridge in Middlesex County at about 3:30 p.m.
A wind gust as strong as 54 mph was reported in Hopelawn at about 3:35 p.m., the weather service said.
Most of the state is also under a heat advisory or a flash flood watch (and many areas have both).
Temperatures in the state were expected to reach the low 90s, with a heat index (how hot it feels) of about 100 by mid-afternoon, the weather service said. Lows are expected to be in the 70s.
The heavy rain is expected to last until Sunday for the Northeast and New Jersey, as the front hits the coastline.
Current weather radar
NJ Advance Media staff writers Jeff Goldman, Len Melisurgo, Spencer Kent and Matthew Stanmyre contributed to this report.
Rodrigo Torrejon may be reached at rtorrejon@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @rodrigotorrejon.
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