Heavy Rain — Passaic, New Jersey

2011-08-28 · near Wanaque, Passaic, New Jersey

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 351618. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.