Jul 29, 2021
A warm front lifting north and an approaching shortwave trough combined to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms across northeast New Jersey during the late afternoon and early evening hours. These storms resulted in isolated reports of flash flooding in Essex, Passaic, and Bergen Counties. CoCoRaHS observations show a localized area of 1-3 inches of rain along the boarder of Passaic and Essex Counties, with reports of 1.69 inches 0.5 miles WNW of Little Falls Township, 1.95 inches 1.3 mil
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 976799). 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.