Heavy Rain, Atlantic
- When
- March 21, 2:00 PM EST to March 22, 3:00 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 in New Jersey, March 21 to 22, 1999
Heavy rain affected New Jersey from the mid afternoon of the 21st into the early morning of the 22nd. Some poor drainage and roadway flooding was reported, but no serious flooding or damage was reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 11
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.
Heavy rain affected New Jersey from the mid afternoon of the 21st into the early morning of the 22nd. Some poor drainage and roadway flooding was reported, but no serious flooding or damage was reported. Stream and river flooding did affect sections of central and northwest New Jersey. Please look at the separate storm data entry for that information. Elsewhere significant, but within bankfull rises occurred. For example, the Cooper River at Haddonfield (Camden County) crested at 2.76 feet. Flood stage is 2.80 feet. Storm totals included 2.38 inches in Lumberton (Burlington County), 2.37 inches in Verga (Gloucester County), 2.30 inches in Pennsauken (Camden County), 2.21 inches in Mount Laurel (Burlington County), 2.20 inches in West Deptford (Gloucester County), 2.08 inches in Somerdale (Camden County), 2.06 inches in Montague (Sussex County) and Mount Holly (Burlington County), 1.90 inches in Seabrook (Cumberland County), 1.81 inches in Sussex (Sussex County), 1.80 inches in South Plainfield (Middlesex County), 1.73 inches in Wantage (Sussex County), 1.65 inches in New Brunswick (Middlesex County), 1.59 inches in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 1.55 inches in Hazlet (Monmouth County), 1.54 inches in Freehold (Monmouth County), 1.42 inches in Beach Haven (Ocean County), 1.30 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport, 1.10 inches in Wildwood (Cape May County) and 1.03 inches in Margate (Atlantic County). The low pressure system responsible for the heavy rain moved northeast from Atlanta, Georgia the morning of the 21st to Albany, New York the morning of the 22nd. Enough cold air came in around the low to change the precipitation to snow before it ended across western New Jersey. Accumulations were limited to the higher terrain in northwest New Jersey and averaged two inches or less in Hunterdon, Warren, Morris and Sussex Counties.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Camden
- When
- March 21, 2:00 PM EST to March 22, 3:00 AM 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)
Heavy Rain, Cape May
- When
- March 21, 2:00 PM EST to March 22, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cape May County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Salem
- When
- March 21, 2:00 PM EST to March 22, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Salem County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Burlington
- When
- March 21, 3:00 PM EST to March 22, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burlington County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Cumberland
- When
- March 21, 3:00 PM EST to March 22, 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, Gloucester
- When
- March 21, 3:00 PM EST to March 22, 1:00 AM 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)
Heavy Rain, Ocean
- When
- March 21, 3:00 PM EST to March 22, 3:00 AM 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)
Heavy Rain, Middlesex
- When
- March 21, 4:00 PM EST to March 22, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Middlesex County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Monmouth
- When
- March 21, 4:00 PM EST to March 22, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monmouth County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Sussex
- When
- March 21, 4:00 PM EST to March 22, 3:00 AM 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)
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
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- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, March 21, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 21 to 23, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, March 21 to 22, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, March 21 to 22, 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5692105, 5692107, 5692108, 5692114, 5692106, 5692109, 5692110, 5692113, 5692111, 5692112, 5692115.