1,015 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Jersey, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A predecessor rainfall event set up ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. A hot and humid airmass was in place, resulting in a very moist and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event set up ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. A hot and humid airmass was in place, resulting in a very moist and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →A predecessor rainfall event set up ahead of the remnants of Tropical Storm Debby. A hot and humid airmass was in place, resulting in a very moist and unstable airmass.
Read the full account →A cold front slowly sank south across the area during the morning. With plenty of instability in place, showers and thunderstorms developed along the front and slowly moved south across northeast New Jersey during the morning hours.
Read the full account →A cold front slowly sank south across the area during the morning. With plenty of instability in place, showers and thunderstorms developed along the front and slowly moved south across northeast New Jersey during the morning hours.
Read the full account →A cold front slowly sank south across the area during the morning. With plenty of instability in place, showers and thunderstorms developed along the front and slowly moved south across northeast New Jersey during the morning hours.
Read the full account →The combination of a weak cold front and upper air disturbance triggered a cluster of thunderstorms that tracked through central New Jersey during the afternoon and evening of the 9th.
Read the full account →A backdoor cold front slowly sank across the area through the day, eventually settling just southwest of the region by evening. Moderate to strong instability ahead of this front aided in the development of showers and thunderstorms across northeast New Jersey during the early…
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across northeast New Jersey ahead of an approaching backdoor cold front. With relatively weak flow aloft, these storms moved slowly, resulting in heavy rain across some areas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across northeast New Jersey ahead of an approaching backdoor cold front. With relatively weak flow aloft, these storms moved slowly, resulting in heavy rain across some areas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across northeast New Jersey ahead of an approaching backdoor cold front. With relatively weak flow aloft, these storms moved slowly, resulting in heavy rain across some areas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across northeast New Jersey ahead of an approaching backdoor cold front. With relatively weak flow aloft, these storms moved slowly, resulting in heavy rain across some areas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across northeast New Jersey ahead of an approaching backdoor cold front. With relatively weak flow aloft, these storms moved slowly, resulting in heavy rain across some areas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across northeast New Jersey ahead of an approaching backdoor cold front. With relatively weak flow aloft, these storms moved slowly, resulting in heavy rain across some areas.
Read the full account →Showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon across northeast New Jersey ahead of an approaching backdoor cold front. With relatively weak flow aloft, these storms moved slowly, resulting in heavy rain across some areas.
Read the full account →A warm front moving through sparked a line of thunderstorms which trained over Northeast New Jersey late on September 25th and into the 26th. They developed only in a marginally moist environment with precipitable water values near 1.2-1.4 inches.
Read the full account →A warm front moving through sparked a line of thunderstorms which trained over Northeast New Jersey late on September 25th and into the 26th. They developed only in a marginally moist environment with precipitable water values near 1.2-1.4 inches.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Ophelia drifted northward from eastern North Carolina into southeastern Virginia on the afternoon and early evening of September 23. Meanwhile, strong high pressure was centered in Quebec.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Ophelia drifted northward from eastern North Carolina into southeastern Virginia on the afternoon and early evening of September 23. Meanwhile, strong high pressure was centered in Quebec.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Ophelia drifted northward from eastern North Carolina into southeastern Virginia on the afternoon and early evening of September 23. Meanwhile, strong high pressure was centered in Quebec.
Read the full account →Tropical Storm Ophelia drifted northward from eastern North Carolina into southeastern Virginia on the afternoon and early evening of September 23. Meanwhile, strong high pressure was centered in Quebec.
Read the full account →Low pressure tracked up the east coast and interacted with a stalled frontal boundary and approaching upper level low pressure system. Strong southerly flow allowed for the transport of tropical moisture including the remnants of Tropical Storm Nicole, up the coast which…
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall was focused in an area near the New York City Metropolitan area on September 29th, 2023. A bulk of the widespread flash flooding was in New York but was close enough to result in localized flash flooding in New Jersey.
Read the full account →Another wave of low pressure moved along a frontal boundary stalled over the region during the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 23rd. After widespread rainfall totals of 1-2 inches the night before, additional rainfall amounts of around one inch increased the two day…
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