Feb 4, 1998
The strongest northeaster of the winter battered Coastal New Jersey, especially from Ocean County southward, with damaging winds, moderate to severe coastal flooding, extensive beach erosion, several dune breaches and heavy rain. A state of emergency was declared for all the coastal counties and both Atlantic and Cape May Counties were declared federal disaster areas. Damage statewide was estimated at about 17 million dollars and was the worst storm to affect the area since December 1992. Wh
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5632142). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Eastern Cape May County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.