1,015 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Jersey, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front coupled with a deep southerly flow of very moist air caused slow moving and in some instances back building thunderstorms to occur during the afternoon and evening of the 28th.
Read the full account →A lee side trof in combination with an upper air disturbance triggered clusters of showers and thunderstorms with torrential downpours over sections of central and southern New Jersey during the late morning into the early afternoon on the 2nd.
Read the full account →A lee side trof preceding a cold front (that moved through overnight on thee 22nd) helped trigger a series of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain across the central third of New Jersey from the morning into the middle of the afternoon on the 22nd.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy rain to fall from the late evening of the 17th through the first half of the day on the 18th in Sussex County.
Read the full account →Hurricane Floyd battered New Jersey (especially the central and northern thirds) on September 16th and brought with it torrential and in some areas, unprecedented and record breaking rains and damaging winds.
Read the full account →Hurricane Floyd battered New Jersey (especially the central and northern thirds) on September 16th and brought with it torrential and in some areas, unprecedented and record breaking rains and damaging winds.
Read the full account →Hurricane Floyd battered New Jersey (especially the central and northern thirds) on September 16th and brought with it torrential and in some areas, unprecedented and record breaking rains and damaging winds.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Torrential record rainfall, which caused serious widespread urban, small stream, and river flooding, preceded the remnants of Hurricane Floyd, which passed over Western Suffolk County of Long Island from 7 pm to 9 pm on September 16th.Deaths: Flooding caused 3 deaths: 2 in…
Read the full account →A nearly unprecedented thunderstorm with torrential downpour remained nearly stationary for about six hours from 9 a.m. EDT through 3 p.m. EDT on August 12th over the Hamburg Mountains of eastern Sussex County.
Read the full account →The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy rain to fall from the late evening of the 17th through the first half of the day on the 18th in Sussex County.
Read the full account →For the second time within seven months a greater than 50-year storm affected the Delaware River Basin and its tributaries. In all, about 6,000 persons were evacuated along the Delaware and Passaic River Basins in New Jersey with about 3,200 homes damaged.
Read the full account →The major winter storm that affected New Jersey also had a major impact on the New Jersey Shore. Strong onshore winds along with high tides produced coastal flooding along with beach erosion.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with very heavy rain caused small stream and poor drainage flooding in the northwest part of Middlesex County. Doppler Radar Storm total estimates were between 2 and 5 inches with the highest amounts in East Brunswick and Edison Townships.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with torrential downpours dropped between 4 and 5 inches across northwestern Camden County and caused flash flooding in the northwest part of the county particularly in Camden, Pennsauken and Collingswood. Flooding also occurred along the Cooper River.
Read the full account →A lee side trof in combination with an upper air disturbance triggered clusters of showers and thunderstorms with torrential downpours over sections of central and southern New Jersey during the late morning into the early afternoon on the 2nd.
Read the full account →The flash flooding of the afternoon and early evening on the 19th led to larger river flooding through the 21st. The worst damage occurred along the Delaware River which crested at its highest stages in most places since the summer of 1955.
Read the full account →The most powerful storm to affect New Jersey since the Blizzard of 1996 struck during the President's Day Weekend. One person in Middlesex County was directly killed after a canopy full of snow collapsed on him.
Read the full account →The most powerful storm to affect New Jersey since the Blizzard of 1996 struck during the President's Day Weekend. One person in Middlesex County was directly killed after a canopy full of snow collapsed on him.
Read the full account →The most powerful storm to affect New Jersey since the Blizzard of 1996 struck during the President's Day Weekend. One person in Middlesex County was directly killed after a canopy full of snow collapsed on him.
Read the full account →The most powerful storm to affect New Jersey since the Blizzard of 1996 struck during the President's Day Weekend. One person in Middlesex County was directly killed after a canopy full of snow collapsed on him.
Read the full account →A cold frontal boundary along with several shortwaves and a seabreeze produced numerous showers and thunderstorms across the southern and central portions of New Jersey during the afternoon and evening hours of the 16th.
Read the full account →Moisture from the remnants of tropical storm Bonnie moved northward into the region and interacted with a frontal boundary over the region. This resulted in several rounds of heavy rain on the night of the 29th and the early morning of the 30th.
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