Jul 2, 2021
Low pressure meandering along a stalled frontal boundary produced scattered showers and thunderstorms across the region. With light upper level flow, these storms were generally slow moving, resulting in flash flooding across portions of urban northeast New Jersey. Rainfall amounts in the heaviest storms ranged from around 1 to 1.5 inches, including 1.47 inches reported by the Newark Airport ASOS.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 976312). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Essex County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.