Heavy Rain in Passaic County, New Jersey

Heavy Rain August 28, 2011 · Passaic County, New Jersey

Death

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What the National Weather Service wrote

A 39-year-old male drowned while walking through a wooded path that connects Warren Hagstrom Blvd. to an athletic field in Wanaque when he fell into a sinkhole and was swept away into a nearby stream.

The wider storm

Irene made landfall locally as a tropical storm around 900 am EDT August 28, 2011 over New York City. Irene then moved across Southeast New York and Western Connecticut before dissipating over Northern New England near the Canadian Border later that evening. Copious amounts of tropical moisture within the storm produced extended periods of heavy rainfall, which resulted in widespread moderate to major flooding across the area.

Began near Wanaque (41.0448, -74.2879).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 351618. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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