Flash Flood, Hunterdon
- When
- June 14, 5:30 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon County, Southern
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New Jersey, June 14, 1996
A radar estimated 2 inches of rain, most that fell within one hour, caused urban flooding and flash flooding of some smaller streams in northern Mercer County and southern Hunterdon County. S.
Where it happened
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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 PHI wrote it up.
A radar estimated 2 inches of rain, most that fell within one hour, caused urban flooding and flash flooding of some smaller streams in northern Mercer County and southern Hunterdon County. One of the worst flooded roadways was U.S. Route 1 near Interstate 295 in Lawrenceville. No serious injuries or damage was reported.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567101.