Mar 8, 2008
The runoff from the heavy rain caused flash flooding of smaller streams as well as basement and poor drainage flooding across much of central and northwest New Jersey during the afternoon of the 8th. The region was primed for flooding by another heavy rain event that occurred on the 5th. The runoff from the heavy rain caused flooding to continue through the 10th in the Raritan Basin and through the 13th in the Passaic Basin. Rain began falling during the afternoon on the 7th and did not end unti
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 90308). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Morris County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.