Heavy Rain, Warren
- When
- August 13, 9:20 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in New Jersey, August 13, 1999
In addition to the frequent lightning and isolated occurrences of severe weather, the thunderstorms that rumbled through Northwest New Jersey brought heavy rain with them, most of which fell within one hour. Storm totals averaged around one inch.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
In addition to the frequent lightning and isolated occurrences of severe weather, the thunderstorms that rumbled through Northwest New Jersey brought heavy rain with them, most of which fell within one hour. Storm totals averaged around one inch. This was the heaviest and most widespread rain event in the area since May 24th and started to chip away at the drought. Heavy rain fell mainly between 1030 p.m. and Midnight EDT. The rain caused the usual poor drainage flooding problems. Storm totals included 1.95 inches in Berkshire Valley (Morris County), 1.68 inches in Phillipsburg (Warren County), 1.38 inches in Long Valley (Morris County), 1.25 inches in Belvidere (Warren County), 1.16 inches in Wantage (Sussex County), 1.08 inches in Lincoln Park (Morris County) and 1.00 inch in Sussex (Sussex County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Sussex
- When
- August 13, 9:30 PM EST to 10:30 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Morris
- When
- August 13, 10:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morris County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
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The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 13, 1999
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, August 13, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 13 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 13 to 14, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 13 to 24, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 13, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 13, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, August 13, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, August 1999
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: 5717971, 5717970, 5717969.