Heavy Rain, Camden
- When
- August 26, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, August 26, 1999
During the evening of the 26th thunderstorms with heavy rain and frequent lightning caused some urban and poor drainage flooding as well as scattered power outages in Camden and Gloucester Counties. 5 inches of rain fell across much of the area.
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.
During the evening of the 26th thunderstorms with heavy rain and frequent lightning caused some urban and poor drainage flooding as well as scattered power outages in Camden and Gloucester Counties. SKYWARN Spotters, Hydrological Observers and Doppler Radar Storm Estimates indicated that between 1.0 and 2.5 inches of rain fell across much of the area. The bulk of the rain fell within a one hour period around 10 p.m. EDT. In Cherry Hill, 300 residents of an apartment building were evacuated when the thunderstorm damaged underground power lines and set fire to a transformer. They returned at 3 p.m. EDT on the 27th. Storm totals included 2.69 inches in Voorhees, 2.49 inches in Hammonton (across the Camden County border in Atlantic County) and 1.71 inches in Verga.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Gloucester
- When
- August 26, 8:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Camden
- When
- August 26, 9:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Cherry Hill
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.804, -74.960 (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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
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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: 5718192, 5718193, 5718191.