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fast and furious. this is video sent to us by a viewer. it s video of a parking lot in plains bureau new jersey. matthew gavon says he can t leave the station because of the flash flooding, heavy downpours causing problem. 22,000 customers are without problem in morris county new jersey and 1,000 customers have no power in somerset county. let s get an update from meteorologist jeff smith. o particular is the western part of middlesex county and new jersey, a tremendous amount of rain. we have a flash flood until 8:30 this evening. floods cover new jersey and flood advisories along the i-80 corridor. there s another batch of rain setting up there. the heaviest rain is south and west the same area. it s showing a movementment it s a thunderstorm that stalled over meddle section area. it had one to 2 inches of rain. flash flooding in plains bureau and flooding in the old bridge area. a report of 4.8 inches of rain in plains bureau. could be approached a half foot of ....
land county and parts of orange and put as well. a lot of oranges and reds on the radar picture. there s more where that came from to our west. we go to our high resolution future cast and that shows the rainfall gradually weakening a little bit as we head into the evening hours, the most wide spread activity north and west of the city, we re going to get showers in around the city along western wyoming. dangerous situation middlesex. details in your accuweather forecast later in the newscast. ken. thank you jeff. you can get accuweather alert information by using the abc7 ny app. a hot air balloon is called the deadliest in history. that balloon hit a power line and crashed in a field not far from austin early this morning. at least 16 people were onboard the balloon. there were no survivors. safety board will investigate. abc jimmy lee is in lockhart texas with the latest information. reporter: that hot air balloon crashed directly behind me in this pasture. as y ....
and i m shirleen allicot in for joe torres. new jersey getting hit with heavy downpours. here s a look at the river from somerset county. that s where they got several inches and the river overflowed. the weather in suburbs seeing heavy rain. this is monroe in orange county. a car over there washed out. will the rain continue tonight? meteorologist jeff smith here with the first look at the accuweather forecast. jeff. sandra, there s rivers and streams in somerset county running at or above bank full. there s a flood warning in that area through 8:00 p.m. and new flood advisories, southern parts of orange county here. pretty close to monroe where you saw the video and northern orange and southern duchess and ones ter county and a flash flood watch for north western new jersey. any storm that develops heavy thunderstorms. if you re unlucky enough to fall under this, you re going to get heavy rain. watching storms and showers moving into northern orange. that s why ....
leaving two people dead. elliot county city cars went down main street. people had to form a human chain to rescue a driver strapped in his car. rushing water carved a ditch into the street. one official says every structure on main street was damaged. we re going to turn to the latest on the deadly balloon crash in texas. new video shows the heart of texas hot air balloon 7:00 saturday morning. it crashed over farm land about 45 minutes later near a row of high tension power lines. the ntsb says weather conditions at the time will be one focus of its investigation. cloud cover, the visibility, and the winds, but we ll be looking at the temperature to see if the temperature e the density altitude may have identifying the identity of the bodies are a long process. they re confirming 16 people were killed. a scary situation is playing out for the nypd. someone has been taunting officers. apparently using a lost or stolen police radio. eyewitness news reporte ....
dutchess and also fairfield county, connecticut getting local downpours, and estimates of 1-2 inches of rain in the eastern sullivan county, and it could be minor flooding there. 71 in the park, and we start with clouds, and occasional sunshine in the afternoon, and it could still be a spotty shower mainly north and east, and we will send it over to heather o rourke now. mess is the westbound side of route 3, and u activity right over here, and it s an ongoing accident investigation, and we are going to head over to our maps, and we will pinpoint where it is. route 3 as you go westbound near route 120 and the new jersey turnpike at metlife stadium. three lanes are closed down with the ongoing accident investigation, and we are going to hit over here as you go on to the bqe northeast this disabled tractor trailer, and have police on the seen as well. wood judge at 35 south, and the water main break, and all lanes are closed as you head through that pot. new jersey tran ....