Heavy Rain in New Jersey, June 20 to 21, 1999

Name: Heavy Rain in New Jersey, June 20 to 21, 1999
Start: 1999-06-20T17:00
End: 1999-06-21T01:00
Location: New Jersey

June 20 to 21, 1999 · NWS PHI · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

A low pressure system that moved off the North Carolina Coast helped produce a band of heavy rain across southeast New Jersey throughout the evening of the 20th into the early morning of the 21st. m.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 low pressure system that moved off the North Carolina Coast helped produce a band of heavy rain across southeast New Jersey throughout the evening of the 20th into the early morning of the 21st. Storm totals in this band averaged between 1.5 and 2.5 inches, most of which fell during an eight hour period from 6 p.m. EDT on the 20th through 2 a.m. EDT on the 21st. Some urban and poor drainage flooding occurred, but no other serious problems were reported. As a result of this band only Cumberland and Atlantic Counties (on a county weighted average) came close to normal precipitation for the month of June. Storm totals included 2.78 inches in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 2.32 inches in Absecon (Atlantic County), 2.11 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport, 1.93 inches in Millville (Cumberland County), 1.83 inches in Seabrook (Cumberland County), 1.51 inches in Beach Haven (Ocean County), 1.44 inches within Atlantic City and 1.34 inches in Atsion (Burlington County).

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Event by event

4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Atlantic

When: June 20, 5:00 PM EST to June 21, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Atlantic County, Countywide
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Burlington

When: June 20, 5:00 PM EST to June 21, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Burlington County, Atsion
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Cumberland

When: June 20, 5:00 PM EST to June 21, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Cumberland County, Countywide
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.328, -75.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Rain, Ocean

When: June 20, 5:00 PM EST to June 21, 1:00 AM EST
Where: Ocean County, Tuckerton
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (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

Every storm in New Jersey in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, June 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5703500, 5703501, 5703502, 5703503.