Heavy Rain, Bergen
- When
- July 30, 7:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bergen County, Franklin Lakes
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.960, -74.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in New Jersey, July 30, 2000
Heavy rain occurred from Franklin Lakes east across Northern Bergen County to Hohokus. 21 inches at Hohokus.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
Heavy rain occurred from Franklin Lakes east across Northern Bergen County to Hohokus. Rainfall amounts generally ranged from 2 to 3 inches in about a 3 hour period ending 11 am EDT.Here are selected amounts for Northern Bergen County: 2.72 inches at Midland Park, 2.42 inches at Franklin Lakes, and 2.21 inches at Hohokus. Some heavy rain also occurred across Central Passaic County, where rainfall amounts were generally less than 2 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Virginia, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 30, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 30 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 30, 2000
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 30, 2000
- Dust Storm in New Mexico, July 30, 2000
- Damaging Wind and Waterspout in Texas, July 30, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, July 30, 2000
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, July 2000
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: 5154979.