Flash Flood, Ocean
- When
- August 26, 5:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ocean County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in New Jersey, August 26, 1999
During the late afternoon and early evening of the 26th thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused considerable poor drainage flooding as well as flooding of some of the smaller creeks and streams in northeastern Burlington County around the Lebanon State Forest and in central and northeast Ocean County. Doppler Radar storm total estimates around Manchester Township in Ocean County and…
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
During the late afternoon and early evening of the 26th thunderstorms with torrential downpours caused considerable poor drainage flooding as well as flooding of some of the smaller creeks and streams in northeastern Burlington County around the Lebanon State Forest and in central and northeast Ocean County. Doppler Radar storm total estimates around Manchester Township in Ocean County and Pemberton and Woodland Townships in Burlington County reached six inches. In Ocean County, part of New Jersey State Route 35 was washed away in Point Pleasant Beach. First floor flooding occurred in the Bricks Estate in Brick Township. In Burlington County, several roads in Browns Mills were under water. Reported storm totals included 2.90 inches in New Lisbon and 2.19 inches at the McGuire AFB.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Burlington
- When
- August 26, 5:30 PM EST to 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington County, Northeast Portion
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Maryland, August 26, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26 to 27, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, August 26, 1999
- Strong Wind in California, August 26, 1999
- Flood and Waterspout in Ohio, August 26, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, August 26 to 27, 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: 5718195, 5718194.