Flood, Passaic
- When
- November 2, 2:40 PM EST to 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Passaic County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in New Jersey, November 2, 1999
As a strong cold front approached the area, heavy showers produced from 2 to 3 inches of rain across Passaic County that resulted in flooding of low-lying poor drainage areas. 99 inches at Wayne.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 OKX wrote it up.
As a strong cold front approached the area, heavy showers produced from 2 to 3 inches of rain across Passaic County that resulted in flooding of low-lying poor drainage areas. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2.04 inches at Garrett Mountain to 2.99 inches at Wayne.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 1999
- Cold in Michigan, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, November 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flooding in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in New York, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alabama, November 2, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in New York, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Georgia, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Arkansas, November 2, 1999
- High Wind in Vermont, November 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, November 2, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, November 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: 5721955.