1,015 first-hand accounts of flood events in New Jersey, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →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 →An intense nor'easter brought heavy rain and flooding to New Jersey that started on the 15th. The worst flooding occurred along the Raritan and Passaic River Basins. It was the worst flooding in the Raritan Basin since Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
Read the full account →A Nor���Easter occurred during Sunday and Monday, April 15th and 16th. It brought heavy rain that caused widespread and significant river, stream, and urban flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas.
Read the full account →The remnants of Tropical Storm Lee that interacted with a stalled frontal boundary produced several days with periods of heavy rain across New Jersey from the 5th into the 8th.
Read the full account →Heavy rain associated with a low pressure system southeast of New Jersey moved into Monmouth County on the 13th. Three day storm totals (from the 11th through the 14th) in the county averaged between four and eleven inches with the highest amounts near the coast.
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 →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 slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on April 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on April 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on April 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on April 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on the 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on the 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on the 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
Read the full account →A slow moving low pressure system and a deep southerly flow from the Gulf of Mexico and then the Atlantic Ocean dropped heavy rain across New Jersey centered on the 30th. Event precipitation totals averaged from 3 to 6 inches, with the highest amounts in central New Jersey.
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 →On Friday October 18th, a strong low pressure system developed on a cold front over the DelMarVa Peninsula. With a high pressure system in place across Northern New England, the low intensified as it moved slowly off the Southern New Jersey Coast during the 19th.The difference…
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 →During the afternoon and early evening of the 12th, a series of thunderstorms with torrential downpours and heavy rain moved across Camden County. Even heavier rain fell in Burlington County.
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.
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