Aug 27, 2011
Irene produced torrential downpour rains that resulted in major flooding and a number of record breaking crests on area rivers, tropical storm force wind gusts with record breaking outages for New Jersey utilities, one confirmed tornado and a three to five foot storm surge that caused moderate to severe tidal flooding with extensive beach erosion over the weekend of August 27th and 28th. Irene is expected to be the costliest natural disaster in the history of New Jersey. Approximately one millio
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 344149). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sussex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.