Aug 20, 1997
Torrential rain fell across southeast New Jersey as a low pressure system developed over the Delmarva Peninsula and slowly moved northeast across southern New Jersey. A series of thunderstorms developed along this low pressure system's frontal boundaries and trained or moved over the same areas. This caused extremely heavy rain to fall over several hours across eastern parts of Atlantic County. The county bore the brunt of the storm and the flooding with storm totals in excess of 8 inches from
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5621742). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Atlantic County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.