Severe storms hammered parts of the tri-state area Monday afternoon into the late evening hours, flooding City subways, prompting dozens of water rescues and triggering a state of emergency in hard-hit parts of New Jersey.

The National Weather Service has issued flash flood watches for parts of 17 New Jersey counties on Monday to start a stormy week.

Wednesday night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1 and 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

The National Weather Service is forecasting seven more days of unsettled weather across New Jersey, with daily chances of showers and

New Jersey is expected to miss the heaviest rainfall in the latest round of thunderstorms on Tuesday, but more flash flooding is possible.

Heavy rainfall flooded portions of New York and New Jersey, with videos on social media showing a subway station inundated with floodwaters.

After the July 14 storm flooded areas of New Jersey, there are other predicted weather events coming to the state and have North Jersey on alert.

The intense thunderstorm may have looked and sounded like a tornado, but that's not what happened, according to forecasters who examined the damage.