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New Jersey Flood Stories

1,015 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Jersey, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood$900K damage

Hunterdon, NJ · Sep 18, 2004

The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy in the upper and middle sections of the Delaware River Valley.

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Coastal Flood$75K damage

Eastern Monmouth, NJ · Mar 7, 2013

An intense nor'easter brought strong to high winds across most of central and southern New Jersey on the 6th into the 7th as well as minor to moderate tidal flooding along Raritan Bay, lower Delaware Bay and on the ocean side.

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Flash Flood$750K damage

Ocean, NJ · Sep 15, 2006

A series of thunderstorms that circulated around a circulation aloft caused torrential downpours across eastern sections of Ocean County and caused widespread flash flooding of smaller streams and roadways.

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Tropical Storm

Hudson, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Tropical Storm

Eastern Essex, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Tropical Storm

Eastern Bergen, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Tropical Storm

Western Union, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Tropical Storm

Western Bergen, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Tropical Storm

Eastern Passaic, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Tropical Storm

Western Essex, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Tropical Storm

Western Passaic, NJ · Aug 4, 2020

Category 1 Hurricane Isaias with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph, made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, NC at 11:10 pm on August 3rd. Isaias intensity weakened back to Tropical Storm strength as it forward speed increased to near 30 mph early morning of August 4th.||The center…

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Flood$600K damage

Sussex, NJ · Jun 28, 2006

Several days of heavy rain throughout the Delaware River Basin culminated with major flooding along the Delaware River from the 28th through the 30th. It was the second or third highest crest on record for the Delaware River along Sussex County.

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Tropical Storm$600K damage

Eastern Atlantic, NJ · Sep 18, 2003

Tropical Storm Isabel produced strong power outage producing winds, moderate tidal flooding along the Delaware Bay and the Delaware River and erosion and rough surf along the shore. Two deaths were directly attributed to the storm.

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Tropical Storm$600K damage

Eastern Cape May, NJ · Sep 18, 2003

Tropical Storm Isabel produced strong power outage producing winds, moderate tidal flooding along the Delaware Bay and the Delaware River and erosion and rough surf along the shore. Two deaths were directly attributed to the storm.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Hunterdon, NJ · May 31, 2015

A backdoor cold front triggered showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours that caused flash flooding across sections of the Raritan Valley in central New Jersey during the evening of the 31st.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Somerset, NJ · May 31, 2015

A backdoor cold front triggered showers and thunderstorms with heavy downpours that caused flash flooding across sections of the Raritan Valley in central New Jersey during the evening of the 31st.

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Coastal Flood$250K damage

Salem, NJ · Apr 16, 2011

The strong southeast wind up the Delaware Bay and River combined with the already high astronomical tides associated with the full moon and fresh water runoff from heavy rain to produce severe tidal flooding along the Delaware River and tidal sections of its tributaries during…

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Coastal Flood$250K damage

Northwestern Burlington, NJ · Apr 16, 2011

The strong southeast wind up the Delaware Bay and River combined with the already high astronomical tides associated with the full moon and fresh water runoff from heavy rain to produce severe tidal flooding along the Delaware River and tidal sections of its tributaries during…

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Flood$250K damage

Morris, NJ · Apr 16, 2011

Heavy rain caused poor drainage flooding in New Jersey and stream and river flooding mainly in west central and northern New Jersey. Major flooding occurred again in sections of the Passaic River Basin.

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Tropical Storm$250K damage

Sussex, NJ · Aug 27, 2011

Irene produced torrential downpour rains that resulted in major flooding and a number of record breaking crests on area rivers, tropical storm force wind gusts with record breaking outages for New Jersey utilities, one confirmed tornado and a three to five foot storm surge that…

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Tropical Storm$250K damage

Warren, NJ · Aug 27, 2011

Irene produced torrential downpour rains that resulted in major flooding and a number of record breaking crests on area rivers, tropical storm force wind gusts with record breaking outages for New Jersey utilities, one confirmed tornado and a three to five foot storm surge that…

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Coastal Flood$500K damage

Eastern Atlantic, NJ · Jan 28, 1998

An intense northeaster pounded the New Jersey Shore with tidal flooding, beach erosion, strong winds and rain on the 28th. Conditions were progressively worse farther south along the New Jersey shore.

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Coastal Flood$500K damage

Eastern Monmouth, NJ · Feb 4, 1998

The strongest northeaster of the winter battered Coastal New Jersey, especially from Ocean County southward, with damaging winds, moderate to severe coastal flooding, extensive beach erosion, several dune breaches and heavy rain.

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Flash Flood$500K damage

Cape May, NJ · Aug 20, 1997

Torrential rain fell across southeast New Jersey as a low pressure system developed over the Delmarva Peninsula and slowly moved northeast across southern New Jersey.

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