Oct 29, 2017
A wave of low pressure formed along a slow moving cold front before rapidly deepening off the Mid Atlantic coast during the evening. With a tropical airmass being entrained into the system, rainfall totals across northeast New Jersey ranged from 2-6, with a CWOP site in North Caldwell reporting 5.20 and the ASOS at Newark Airport reporting 4.08 of rain. This resulted in reports of flooding across parts of Hudson and Bergen counties, with water rescues taking place in Hudson County.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 723792). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Bergen County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.