Severe thunderstorms that ripped across New Jersey on Thursday afternoon and evening dumped heavy rain in short spans across parts of the state.
The storms trigged numerous flash flood warnings along with severe thunderstorm and two tornado warnings.
The National Weather Service had been calling for 1 to 3 inches of rain for much of the state, but warned of localized amounts of 5 to 7 inches possible.
The highest rainfall totals reported in preliminary numbers released so far were in Manchester Township in Ocean County at 4.3 inches and Montague in Sussex County at 4.11 inches.
Note: These are preliminary numbers issued by the National Weather Service office in New Jersey at 3 a.m. Friday and from the New York office, which covers five northeastern counties, at 10 p.m. Thursday. Additional reports from the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network have been included.
Town-by-town rainfall totals:
Atlantic
- Atlantic City: 3.07 inches
- Forsythe: 2.19 inches
- Egg Harbor Township: 2.13 inches
- Mays Landing: 2.11 inches
- Somers Point: 1.61 inches
Burlington
- Mount Laurel Twp: 2.2 inches
- Coyle Field: 1.74 inches
- Mount Holly: 1.67 inches
- Lumberton: 1.48 inches
- McGuire AFB: 1.23 inches
Camden
Cape May
- Cape May Point: 2.43 inches
- Sea Isle City: 1.48 inches
- Ocean City: 1.08 inches
Cumberland
- Bridgeton: 3.41 inches
- Millville: 2.14 inches
- Greenwich: 1.07 inches
Gloucester
- Logan Township: 2.79 inches
- Mullica Hill: 1.71 inches
Mercer
Middlesex
- Sayreville: 2.98 inches
- Woodbridge: 1.42 inches
- Monroe Township: 1.25 inches
- Woodbridge Twp: 1.09 inches
- Carteret: 1.09 inches
- East Brunswick Twp: 1.04 inches
Monmouth
- Matawan: 2.4 inches
- Keyport: 2.1 inches
- Union Beach: 2.01 inches
- North Middletown: 1.94 inches
- Clarksburg: 1.13 inches
Morris
- Long Hill Twp: 3.57 inches
- Randolph: 2.12 inches
- Stirling: 1.88 inches
- Mine Hill: 1.76 inches
- Mendham: 1.73 inches
- Morris Twp: 1.27 inches
- Chatham: 1.27 inches
- East Hanover: 1.13 inches
- Madison: 1.09 inches
- Boonton: 1.06 inches
- Whippany: 1.04 inches
- Succasunna: 1.01 inches
Ocean
- Manchester Twp: 4.3 inches
- Little Egg Harbor: 1.75 inches
- West Creek: 1.71 inches
- Beach Haven: 1.58 inches
- Surf City: 1.5 inches
- Ship Bottom: 1.47 inches
- South Seaside Park: 1.34 inches
- Seaside Park: 1.26 inches
- Toms River Twp: 1.23 inches
- Jackson: 1.12 inches
- Lakewood: 1.1 inches
Salem
- Woodstown: 2.68 inches
- Salem: 2.1 inches
- Pennsville: 1.29 inches
Somerset
- Martinsville: 2.4 inches
- Bernardsville: 2.21 inches
- Bridgewater: 2.17 inches
- Bound Brook: 2.0 inches
- Somerville: 1.83 inches
- Far Hills: 1.66 inches
- Watchung: 1.13 inches
Sussex
- Montague: 4.11 inches
- Wallkill River NWR: 2.77 inches
- Walpack Reservoir: 2.61 inches
- Vernon Twp: 1.93 inches
- Stockholm: 1.09 inches
- Barry Lakes: 1.08 inches
- Vernon Twp: 1.01 inches
- High Point: 1.0 inches
Union
Warren
Current weather radar
Generative AI was used to produce an initial draft of this story, which was reviewed and edited by NJ Advance Media staff.
