Jul 28, 2013
A slow moving cold front coupled with a deep southerly flow of very moist air caused slow moving and in some instances back building thunderstorms to occur during the afternoon and evening of the 28th. This caused an all-time record breaking rainfall in nearby Philadelphia as well as flash flooding in southwestern New Jersey and parts of the Passaic and Raritan Basins in northern New Jersey. The flash flooding in the Philadelphia suburbs (Camden County in particular) led to people being stuck o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 468065). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Salem County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.