Sep 16, 1999
Hurricane Floyd battered New Jersey (especially the central and northern thirds) on September 16th and brought with it torrential and in some areas, unprecedented and record breaking rains and damaging winds. The hurricane will go down in history as the greatest natural disaster to ever effect the state of New Jersey to date. Preliminary damage estimates for the entire state were 1.1 billion dollars hitting Bergen and Somerset Counties the hardest. Manville and Bound Brook were hardest hit wit
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5722765). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Salem County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.