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Flood Watch issued for NYC as rain and storms move in after picture-perfect weekend
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Ramsey Khalifeh
Published Jul 27, 2026
Modified Jul 27, 2026
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Published Jul 27, 2026
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New York City can expect stormy weather this week after a blissful weekend of near-perfect sun and temperatures.
According to the National Weather Service, spotty rain showers and a potential thunderstorm were expected to begin Monday afternoon before several days of rain and storms. The agency also issued a Flood Watch for Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning.
NWS Meteorologist Bryan Ramsey said the less-than-ideal summer weather should break by the weekend.
“It’s going to be wet for much of the work week, at least Tuesday through Thursday, and then this weekend it looks like we’ll have another dry stretch of outdoor activities,” Ramsey said. Over the past weekend, New York saw clear skies — a break from the flooding, wildfire smoke and heat waves of the last month.
The NWS predicted 2 to 5 inches of rain, with locally higher amounts possible. The heaviest rain was expected Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning.
There’s also potential for flash flooding and thunderstorms during this stretch, the weather service said. The highest rainfall totals are expected in the Lower Hudson Valley, interior southwestern Connecticut and northeastern New Jersey, according to the weather service.
“ Localized amounts could end up higher. How high is still a little bit uncertain, just because we're still trying to pinpoint exactly where that heaviest axis of rain's going to fall,” Ramsey added. “Depending on what we look at, that heaviest axis could be in different locations. So until we have higher confidence on that, we're not going with a flood watch.”
The weather service issued the Flood Watch later Monday afternoon, after Ramsey's interview, as forecasters gained confidence that periods of heavy rain could lead to flash flooding.
Ramsey also said the storm system will move slowly through the region.
This story has been updated to reflect the National Weather Service's issuance of a Flood Watch.
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Ramsey Khalifeh
Ramsey Khalifeh is a transportation reporter on the NYC Accountability desk covering the largest transit system in the country. He was previously a general assignment reporter at Gothamist and worked on the Boston Globe's metro and copy desk. Got a tip? Email [email protected]
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