1,015 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Jersey, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The combination of fresh water runoff, unusually high spring astronomical tides and a weak southeasterly flow produced moderate tidal flooding during the afternoon high tide cycle along tidal sections of the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Read the full account →The combination of fresh water runoff, unusually high spring astronomical tides and a weak southeasterly flow produced moderate tidal flooding during the afternoon high tide cycle along tidal sections of the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Read the full account →A series of thunderstorms preceding a cold front dropped three to seven inches of rain across a wide swath of New Jersey (less along most of the coast) from overnight on the 13th into the day on the 14th.
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 →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 →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 →A series of thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused small stream and poor drainage flash flooding across northwest New Jersey during the morning of the 28th.
Read the full account →The combination of fresh water runoff, unusually high spring astronomical tides and a weak southeasterly flow produced moderate tidal flooding during the afternoon high tide cycle along tidal sections of the Delaware River and its tributaries.
Read the full account →The combination of fresh water runoff, unusually high spring astronomical tides and a weak southeasterly flow produced moderate tidal flooding during the afternoon high tide cycle along tidal sections of the Delaware River and its tributaries.
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Heavy rain fell during the morning of the 3rd across New Jersey. There was still some freezing rain in Sussex County. The heaviest rain fell across eastern New Jersey where rainfall rates of an inch per hour lasted for two to three hours.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with torrential downpours moved over the same locations of Eastern Hunterdon County and West Central Somerset County. Hardest hit was Flemington in Hunterdon County and Branchburg Township in Somerset County.
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.
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