State climatologist: Chances of repeat flooding in Helmetta low as Ida remnants near
A flash flood watch is in effect for the entire state - and that has many folks hard hit by Henri in Middlesex County concerned about another heavy rainfall.
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Aug 31, 2021, 11:59 AM
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Updated 962 days ago
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969ds agoA flash flood watch is in effect for the entire state - and that has many folks hard hit by Henri in Middlesex County concerned about another heavy rainfall.
Cleanup continues from the flooding a week and a half ago. But New Jersey
State Climatologist Dave Robinson says the chances of another flood in
this same town are extremely low.
“We
know the atmosphere will be saturated with moisture,” says Robinson. “There's a
rich southerly flow of moisture coming up this way.”
Robinson says
while the state could see several inches of rain, the likelihood of a repeat of
Henri is slim.
“If we get the same amount of rainfall from this
system and from Henri, we have a little more flooding,” says Robinson “Not
catastrophic more, that's removing the localized areas where it was devastating
from Henri.”
Other neighbors
are grateful the worst of Ida will spare the hard-hit town.
“I'm just glad we didn't get hit with a Category
4 like New Orleans did,” says Randy Speranza. “I'm just glad it's kind of
weakened.”
Robinson says it's
too early to predict if any of the hot spot bullseye rainfall amounts will
happen and where they will happen. It's something meteorologists can pinpoint
on radar once the remnants of Ida move into New Jersey.
