Flash Flood — Bergen, New Jersey

2024-08-03 · near Park Ridge, Bergen, New Jersey

Event narrative

Vehicles disable in flood waters on Chestnut Ridge Road.

Wider weather episode

A stationary front over the area on August 3rd was the focus for the development of several rounds of heavy thunderstorms across the area. These thundersotmrs produced flash flooding in portions of northeast New Jersey. CAPE values of near 2000 J/kg with PWATs of of around 2 inches resulted in thunderstorms producing torrential rainfall with rates upwards of 2 per hour. Rainfall totals were 1-3 inches.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212401. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.