Jun 12, 2002
A frontal boundary stalled across portions of New York and New England and helped to focus heavy rainfall across this area. Convective precipitation moved from northwest to southeast across the area from Canada. Rainfall from midday on June 11th through the early afternoon of June 12th averaged 2 to 4 inches, with locally higher amounts in the mountainous areas. Countywide small stream and field flooding started around mid-morning hours of June 12th and continued into the afternoon of the 12th.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5304929). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Essex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.