New Jersey, 2008

Coastal Flood in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 2008

February 22 to 23, 2008 · NWS PHI · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

The combination of the onshore circulation caused by a high pressure system to the north and a low pressure system passing to the south and spring tides associated with the full moon caused minor tidal flooding during the morning high tides on the 22nd and 23rd in Monmouth County. 15 feet above mean lower low water on the morning of the 23rd.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

The combination of the onshore circulation caused by a high pressure system to the north and a low pressure system passing to the south and spring tides associated with the full moon caused minor tidal flooding during the morning high tides on the 22nd and 23rd in Monmouth County. At Sandy Hook, the high tide reached 7.23 feet above mean lower low water on the morning of the 22nd and 7.15 feet above mean lower low water on the morning of the 23rd. Minor tidal flooding starts at 6.70 feet above mean lower low water.

The coastal flooding was caused by a low pressure system that formed along the Gulf Coast States during the afternoon of the 21st. This low pressure system moved northeast and reached Mississippi on the morning of the 22nd and the Tennessee Valley during the early afternoon of the 22nd. A secondary low pressure formed along the South Carolina coast that morning. The secondary low pressure system continued to move northeast and by 7 p.m. EST on the 22nd was located about 125 miles east of Long Beach Island, New Jersey. It passed just south of Nova Scotia overnight. The surface high pressure system that preceded the low to the north contributed to the onshore flow.

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 Feb 22, 5:50 AM EST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 5:50 AM EST, 10 minutes before
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Event by event

2 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Coastal Flood, Eastern Monmouth

When
February 22, 6:00 AM EST to February 23, 11:00 AM EST
Where
Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by
Coast Guard
Coordinates
40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Coastal Flood, Western Monmouth

When
February 22, 7:00 AM EST to February 23, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Western Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by
Coast Guard
Coordinates
40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Coastal Flood
Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 84709, 84710.