New Jersey, 1999

Heavy Rain in New Jersey, August 20, 1999

August 20, 1999 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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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.

Thunderstorms with heavy downpours dropped around 2.0 inches of rain in a two hour span from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. EDT in northeastern Atlantic County. Even heavier rain fell farther northeast in Ocean County. There were some urban and poor drainage flooding, but no other serious problems were reported. The storm total for Atlantic City International Airport was 2.49 inches, 1.79 of which fell within that two hour period.

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Atlantic

When
August 20, 12:45 PM EST to 3:15 PM EST
Where
Atlantic County, Pomona
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.469, -74.634 (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.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5717993.