Flash Flood, Camden
- When
- September 3, 10:32 PM EST to September 4, 4:22 AM EST
- Where
- Camden County, Haddonfield
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in New Jersey, September 3 to 4, 2000
Thunderstorms with torrential downpours dropped a Doppler Radar storm total estimate of around 3 inches in the headwater area of the Cooper River in Camden County. This caused the river to flood with four homes along it suffering flood damage, mainly to their basements.
Where it happened
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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 PHI wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with torrential downpours dropped a Doppler Radar storm total estimate of around 3 inches in the headwater area of the Cooper River in Camden County. This caused the river to flood with four homes along it suffering flood damage, mainly to their basements. The Cooper River at Haddonfield, reached its 2.8 foot flood stage at 1132 p.m. EDT on the 3rd, crested at 3.06 feet at 115 a.m. EDT on the 4th and was back within bankfull at 422 a.m. EDT. No serious injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 3, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, September 3, 2000
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- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 3, 2000
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: 5156757.