Oct 19, 1996
On Friday October 18th, a strong low pressure system developed on a cold front over the DelMarVa Peninsula. With a high pressure system in place across Northern New England, the low slowly intensified and moved slowly off the Southern New Jersey Coast during Saturday October 19th.The increasing difference in pressures caused strong and gusty east winds, which also transported abundant moisture from the Atlantic Ocean across the region. Heavy flood producing rains along with minor to major coas
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5582280). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kings County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.