HENRIMON
College Park, MD (77WABC)-Tropical Storm Henri is now a tropical depression. The weather prediction center for the National Weather Service says the system is expected to linger today over portions of southern New England and the Northern Mid-Atlantic States.
The slow moving system is forecast to bring heavy rainfall, wind gusts and flash flooding.
Weather officials say the tropical depression is about 90 miles North Northeast of New York City with maximum sustained winds of 30 mph and higher gusts.
Flood watches are in effect across eastern Pennsylvania, southeast New York, New Jersey, Long Island, and portions of New England.
Henri is expected to produce additional rainfall of 1 to 3 inches, with locally higher amounts possible, over portions of Long Island, New England, southeast New York, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania through today.
The depression is nearly stationary at the moment, but is expected to begin an eastward motion by later this morning into the afternoon hours.
Tropical Depression #Henri Advisory 30: Slow-Moving Henri Expected to Continue to Produce Heavy Rainfall And Flooding Across Portions of Southern New England and The Northern Mid-Atlantic States Through Today. https://t.co/VqHn0u1vgc
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) August 23, 2021
Heavy rainfall from Henri will continue to result in limited to considerable flash, urban, and small stream flooding impacts, along with minor to isolated moderate river flooding.
Ocean swells are expected to continue across much of the east coast of the U.S. and Atlantic Canada through today. These swells could cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
