Heavy Rain, Burlington
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington County, Batsto
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 19, 1999
A slow moving cold front helped produce a couple of bands of very heavy rain across the western part of New Jersey on the 19th. m.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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 slow moving cold front helped produce a couple of bands of very heavy rain across the western part of New Jersey on the 19th. Between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. EDT the first band went through the state and affected most of the counties from Cumberland to Morris Counties westward. During the afternoon a second and heavier band of rain affected the western part of the state from Burlington County northward. Most storm totals averaged between 1.5 and 2.0 inches and caused some poor drainage flooding. No stream flooding was reported. Storm totals included 2.40 inches in Belvidere (Warren County), 2.10 inches in Somerville (Somerset County), 1.99 inches in West Deptford (Gloucester County), 1.98 inches in Readington Township (Hunterdon County), 1.82 inches in Pequannock (Morris County) and Millville (Cumberland County), 1.74 inches in Blackwells Mills (Somerset County), 1.59 inches in Newton (Sussex County), 1.54 inches in Montague (Sussex County) and White House Station (Hunterdon County), 1.51 inches in Seabrook (Cumberland County) and 1.40 inches in Atsion (Burlington County).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Cumberland
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 10:00 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
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 10:00 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, Hunterdon
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Mercer
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -74.702 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Morris
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morris County, Chester
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Somerset
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Sussex
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM 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)
Heavy Rain, Warren
- When
- May 19, 7:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Countywide
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (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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- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 19, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, May 19, 1999
- Hail in Colorado, May 19, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 19, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New York, May 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 19, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5699491, 5699492, 5699493, 5699494, 5699495, 5699496, 5699497, 5699498, 5699499.