A coastal low that moved from Cape Hatteras to just south of Long Island on the 8th produced widespread heavy rain and flash and river flooding across Northeast New Jersey. 75 inches.
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A coastal low that moved from Cape Hatteras to just south of Long Island on the 8th produced widespread heavy rain and flash and river flooding across Northeast New Jersey. Rainfall amounts ranged from just under 2.5 inches to just under 4.75 inches.
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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 8, 11:00 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
1100 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006
.NEAR TERM (TODAY AND TONIGHT)...
WV IMAGERY SHOWING CUTOFF LOW SLIDING ACROSS GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA
THIS MORNING...INDUCING CONTINUED INTENSIFICATION OF 1000MB LOW
PRESSURE ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST AS IT MOVES UP THE COAST. MODELS
HAVE INITIALIZED WELL THIS MORNING AND HAVE COME INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH LOW PRESSURE DEEPENING TO AROUND 993 MB AS IT TRACKS
TO JUST SOUTH OF LI BY 00Z THIS EVENING. HEAVY RAIN AXIS HAS SET UP
ACROSS NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...LOWER HUDSON VALLEY...AND NE PA...WITH
EASTERLY INFLOW LIFTING MOISTURE PLUME OVER DEVELOPING INVERTED
TROUGH. LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATING RAINFALL COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY PICKING UP THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF DEVELOPING
COASTAL LOW...WITH HEAVIEST LIFT/MOISTURE AXIS ACROSS NE
JERSEY/NYC/LOWER HUDSON VALLEY/ AND CONNECTICUT.
SEE HYDROLOGY SECTION FOR RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND CHANGES TO FFA.
WE SHOULD SEE A HEALTHY JET BETWEEN 30 AND 40 KT THIS MORNING/EARLY
AFTERNOON...BUT SFC INVERSION SHOULD KEEP IT MOSTLY ALOFT.
HEAVY RAINS SHOULD END FROM W TO E BY LATE THIS EVENING AS THE BEST
UPPER SUPPORT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST...BUT LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLY
TAPERING TO DRIZZLE WILL REMAIN OVERNIGHT AS SOME WEAKER ENERGY
ALOFT MOVES THROUGH.
H85 TEMPS WILL RISE TO BETWEEN 10 AND 12C THIS AFTERNOON WHICH
TRANSLATES TO LOWER 60S FOR HIGHS TODAY. WARM TEMPS ALOFT REMAIN
OVERNIGHT AND THE LINGERING CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP LOWS AROUND 10
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
WILL UPDATE FORECAST BASED ON ABOVE...AND MINOR TWEAKS BASED ON
LATEST OBS/SAT/RAD TRENDS.
&&
.SHORT TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...
HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS OVER EASTERN 1/4 OF CWA THURSDAY
MORNING AS LOW DEPARTS...OTHERWISE EXPECT THINGS TO BE DRY FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTHWEST. DOWNSLOPE FLOW COUPLED WITH 850 TEMPERATURES BETWEEN 10C
AND 12C...WHICH IS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...WILL
TRANSLATE INTO HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO AROUND 70...SOME 10 TO 15
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.LONG TERM (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...
NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. FOR THE LONGER TERM USED THE 6Z GFS AS IT
WAS FAIRLY REFLECTIVE OF THE 0Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN...AND RECEIVED
REASONABLE SUPPORT FROM THE 12Z GFS. EXPECT FRIDAY NIGHT TO BE DRY
AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER OHIO RIVER
VALLEY...THEN TRACKS NORTHEAST TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND BY SUNDAY
MORNING...WITH ITS TRAILING COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT. HAVE CHANCE POPS WITH ITS PASSAGE...AND THEN DUE TO SOME
UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING (ECMWF IS A BIT SLOWER) HAVE CHANCE POPS
ACROSS EASTERN AREAS SUNDAY AS WELL. HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS IN
FROM THE WEST FOR LATE SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE HIGH BEGINS
TO GIVE WAY ON TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT BEGINS TO LIFT NORTH FROM THE
MID ATLANTIC. THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER A WAVE DEVELOPS
ALONG THE FRONT AND LIFT NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY...BUT GIVEN THE WIDE
VARIETY OF MODEL SOLUTIONS HAVE OPTED FOR A DRY FORECAST FOR NOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
TERMINALS HAVE LOWERED TO IFR OR BELOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE
REGION. ACROSS LONG ISLAND AND SOUTHEAST CONNECTICUT CIGS AND/OR
VSBYS ARE VFR/MVFR...HOWEVER I DO NOT EXPECT THIS TO BE A LONG TERM
TREND. IFR AND LIFR CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO AND THROUGH
MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SOME IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR CAN BE
EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT.
&&
.MARINE...
COASTAL LOW IS STRENGTHENING OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES LATE THIS
MORNING AND WILL LIFT SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT TO A POSITION NEAR CAPE COD BY 12Z THURSDAY. FOR NOW
HAVE KEPT THINGS AT A STRONG SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...NOTING BUOY OBS
NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA COASTS (41025...CHLV2...44014)
HAVE ONLY SHOWN PEAK WINDS OF 33 KT FOR AT MOST 2 HOURS THIS DOES
NOT MEET THE FREQUENT GUST CRITERIA TO WARRANT A GALE...ESPECIALLY
NOTING THAT WATER TEMPERATURES ARE A BIT COOLER HERE...PROMOTING A
STRONGER INVERSION THAT SHOULD LIMIT MIXING DOWN OF STRONGER WINDS
ALOFT...EVEN WITH THE STORM STRENGTHENING. HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR...AND IF IT APPEARS GRADIENT SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REACH
30KT...WILL LIKELY UPGRADE TO GALES WITH GUSTS OF 35-40KT.
BASED ON EXPECTED SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 20KT WITH GUSTS OF 25-30KT AS
STORM PASSES HAVE HOISTED SCA FOR THE EASTERN SOUND AND NEW YORK
HARBOR THROUGH MID NIGHT. ALSO ADJUSTED SEAS UP SLIGHTLY PER 6Z WAVE
WATCH (IN COORDINATION WITH PHI). REMAINDER OF MARINE UNCHANGED FROM
THIS MORNINGS ISSUANCE.
HAVE ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOR
MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ALONG OCEAN SHORE/BACK BAYS ALONG THE SOUTH
SHORE OF LONG ISLAND AND SOUTH FACING CITY BEACHES...AS TIDAL
DEPARTURES ARE AROUND 1 FT ABOVE NORMAL AND COULD REACH 1.75 FT IN
PLACES...IN LINE WITH NGM TIDAL GUIDANCE (GFS GUIDANCE CURRENTLY
RUNNING .5-.75 FT LOW). WITH ACTUAL TIDE PREDICTED TO BE ABOUT A FT
LOWER THIS EVENING THAN THIS MORNING/AFTERNOON DO NOT EXPECT COASTAL
FLOODING TONIGHT. DEPARTURES ALONG THE SOUND ALSO DO NOT APPEAR AS
THEY WILL BE HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT AN ADVISORY THERE...HOWEVER WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR AS STORM DEVELOPS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
WITH A BIT FURTHER N AND W HEAVY RAINFALL AXIS...AND OROGRAPHIC AND
INVERTED TROUGH ENHANCEMENT OF MOIST INFLOW ACROSS NE JERSEY/LOWER
HUDSON VALLEY AND W CONN...EXPECTING 2 TO 3.0 INCHES OF RAINFALL
WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THIS
AREA...AND 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS REMAINDER OF REGION.
WHILE...LARGE RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS
AMOUNT OF RAINFALL...THE SMALLER...FLASHIER RIVERS AND STREAMS AS
WELL AS URBANIZED...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS MAY HAVE
FLOODING PROBLEMS
WITH THIS BEING A LONG DURATION EVENT...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS
BEEN CONVERTED TO A FLOOD WATCH AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE
ORANGE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES. FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND
MIDNIGHT.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLOOD WATCH FOR CTZ005>012 UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY.
NJ...FLOOD WATCH FOR NJZ002>006-011 UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY.
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NJZ006 UNTIL 2 PM WEDNESDAY.
NY...FLOOD WATCH FOR NYZ067>081 UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY.
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR NYZ072-074>077-080-081 UNTIL 2
PM WEDNESDAY.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ330-338 UNTIL MIDNIGHT THURSDAY.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ANZ350-353-355 UNTIL 10 AM FRIDAY.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1156 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>005-011-NYZ067>071-073-078-079-091700- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-BRONX- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1156 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR FLOODING REPORTS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. NJZ006-NYZ072-074>077-080-081-091700- HUDSON-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)- KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 1156 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR MAINLY FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WATCH FOR FURTHER DETAILS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2 PM FOR WIDESPREAD MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR FLOODING REPORTS AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS. ANZ330-338-091700- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR- 1156 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ANZ335-091700- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- 1156 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. ANZ350-353-355-091700- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 1156 AM EST WED NOV 8 2006 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIND GUSTS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS BY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 25 AND 30 KT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND SEAS WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FT THIS MORNING AND 6 TO 10 FT TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR SEAS. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 96 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 UTC.
8 flash flood, 7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Third River at Bloomfield reached flood stage at 130 pm, crested at 5.19 feet at 145 pm, and fell below flood stage at 715 pm. This caused flooding of local highways.
Rahway River exceeded its' banks at Springfield at 130 pm, crested at 7.3 feet at 600 pm, then went below flood stage at 12:45 am on the 9th. This caused flooding of nearby roads.
Routes 1 and 9 were closed due to flash flooding in Rahway.
Route 17 was closed due to flash flooding in Rutherford.
Roads were closed and water rescues were performed due to flash flooding in Hoboken.
Roads were closed, including Routes 1 and 9. Water rescues were performed in Newark.
The Peckman River at Verona, went above its' flood stage at 200 pm, crested at 3.57 feet at 230 pm and went below flood stage at 300 pm. This caused the closure of highways near the river due to flooding.
The Molly Ann Brook at Haledon exceeded flood stage at 215 pm, cresting at 6.41 feet at 345 pm, and fell below flood stage at 445 pm. This caused the closing of near by side streets.
Ho-Ho-Kus Brook rose over its' banks at 315 pm, crested at 4.27 feet at 645 pm, and fell below flood stage at 215 am on the 9th. This closed near by streets in Ho-Ho-Kus.
Route 7 was closed due to flash flooding in Kearny.
Union Blvd. was closed due to flash flooding.
Parts of Garden State Parkway near Cranford were closed due to flash flooding.
Ho-Ho-Kus Brook rose out of its' banks and caused street flooding in Ridgewood.
An apartment building was evacuated in Belleville due to flash flooding.
Saddle River at Lodi had moderate flooding. The River went above its' flood stage at 445 pm, crested at 7.80 feet at 1245 am on the 9th (moderate flooding starts at 7 feet), and fell below flood stage at 630 am on the 9th. This caused several roads in Lodi to be closed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, November 2006
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: 4755, 4760, 4737, 4739, 4740, 4742, 4846, 4765, 4752, 4743, 4744, 4745, 4748, 4746, 4851.