New Jersey, 1996

Flood in New Jersey, January 27 to 28, 1996

January 27 to 28, 1996 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Heavy rains from 1 to 2 inches caused flooding along the Saddle River at Lodi and the Ramapo River at Mahwah.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.

Heavy rains from 1 to 2 inches caused flooding along the Saddle River at Lodi and the Ramapo River at Mahwah.

Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Bergen

When
January 27, 4:00 PM EST to January 28, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Bergen forecast zone

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5562331.