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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.

Flash Flood

Passaic, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flash Flood

Essex, NJ · 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.

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Flash Flood

Union, NJ · Jul 17, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a stalled frontal boundary. With weak steering flow and precipitable water values approaching 2 inches on the 12Z Upton sounding, this resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of urban northeast New Jersey…

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Flash Flood

Bergen, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flash Flood

Passaic, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flash Flood

Passaic, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flash Flood

Bergen, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flash Flood

Essex, NJ · Jul 17, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms developed in the vicinity of a stalled frontal boundary. With weak steering flow and precipitable water values approaching 2 inches on the 12Z Upton sounding, this resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of urban northeast New Jersey…

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Flood

Bergen, NJ · Sep 1, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread northeast New Jersey during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flood

Bergen, NJ · Sep 1, 2021

Extremely heavy rainfall associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ida overspread northeast New Jersey during the evening of September 1 and continued through the early morning hours of September 2.

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Flood

Bergen, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flood

Bergen, NJ · Aug 23, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flood

Bergen, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flood

Bergen, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Henri resulted in widespread flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey With a tropical airmass in place (precipitable water values greater than 2 inches), rainfall totals generally ranged from 2-4 inches, with this rain coming in…

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Flash Flood

Passaic, NJ · Aug 21, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Essex, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Hudson, NJ · Aug 21, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Hudson, NJ · Aug 21, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Hudson, NJ · Aug 21, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Union, NJ · Aug 22, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Bergen, NJ · Aug 21, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Essex, NJ · Aug 21, 2021

Showers and thunderstorms streaming northward well ahead of approaching Hurricane Henri resulted in flash flooding across portions of northeast New Jersey.

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Flash Flood

Atlantic, NJ · Aug 11, 2012

A series of thunderstorms preceding an approaching cold front that coincided nearly exactly with the afternoon high tide produced flash flooding along coastal sections of Atlantic and Cape May Counties.

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Coastal Flood

Western Monmouth, NJ · Feb 13, 2024

A strong coastal system pushing offshore resulted in increasing surge values upwards of 2-3 feet above the astronomical tides, which will resulted widespread and impactful |coastal flooding issues with the high tides on February 13th.

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