Flood, Sussex
- When
- January 14, 5:56 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -74.667
Flood in New Jersey, January 14, 2005
A slow moving cold front with waves of low pressure produced heavy rain across Sussex County during the first half of the day. Melting from the previous week's snow and ice contributed to the runoff.
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
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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.
A slow moving cold front with waves of low pressure produced heavy rain across Sussex County during the first half of the day. Melting from the previous week's snow and ice contributed to the runoff. Storm totals averaged between one inch and an inch and a half. This caused poor drainage flooding and led to brook and creek flooding in the county. The Flat Brook at Flatbrookville was above its 6 foot flood stage from 556 p.m. EST through 1115 p.m. EST on the 14th. It crested at 6.16 feet at 745 p.m. EST. Specific storm totals included 1.29 inches in Andover and 1.07 inches in Sussex. The cold front moved from the central Great Lakes during the morning of the 13th slowly east and reached Ohio during the early evening on the 13th, central Pennsylvania at 1 a.m. EST on the 14th, eastern New Jersey at 7 a.m. EST on the 14th and just about cleared Cape Cod, Massachusetts at 1 p.m. EST on the 14th. The heavy rain accompanied the cold front and fell for several hours behind it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 14, 3:20 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 3:20 PM EST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 605 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-151200- ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ- CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA- COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA- DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ- INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ- MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNES MD- SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD- WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...BETHLEHEM... CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY... PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON 605 AM EST FRI JAN 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE AND NEW JERSEY, EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES. .DAY ONE... A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED MAINLY FOR THE I-95 CORRIDOR NORTH. PLEASE REFER TO PHLFFAPHI(KPHI WGUS61). A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NEW JERSEY. PLEASE REFER TO PHLSLSNJ(KPHI WWUS61). A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF DELAWARE AND THE EASTERN SHORE OF MARYLAND. PLEASE REFER TO PHLSLSDE(KPHI WWUS61). .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. KRUZDLO/NYY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 14, 3:15 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
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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
- Tornado in North Carolina, January 14, 2005
- Flood in California, January 14 to 16, 2005
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Virginia, January 14, 2005
- Debris Flow in Pennsylvania, January 14, 2005
- Cold in Minnesota, January 14 to 16, 2005
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Virginia, January 14, 2005
- Cold in Montana, January 14, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Florida, January 14, 2005
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, January 14, 2005
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 14 to 16, 2005
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Maryland, January 14, 2005
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, January 14 to 16, 2005
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, January 2005
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: 5434765.