Oct 19, 1996
Rain, very heavy at times especially around noon on the 19th in Middlesex County caused widespread urban and poor drainage flooding as well as flooding of the smaller streams. Flooding closed parts of United States Routes 1 and 9 and New Jersey State Routes 18, 27, 28, 35, 82 and 124 as well as the Garden State Parkway. Total damage estimates were around 2.7 million dollars. One person was injured when she was swept away by flood waters while walking toward the Metropark Train Station in Wood
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5577595). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Middlesex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.