Event narrative (NOAA)
In Somerset County, Bound Brook, Manville and Green Brook were hardest hit by the heavy rain and flooding. There were 1,300 flood related emergency calls and 46 water rescues in the county. In Bound Brook, about 600 residents were evacuated to the borough���s high school gym and a Presbyterian Church. Another shelter was opened at the Raritan Valley Community College. The Salvation Army served meals. Businesses were flooded along Main Street and East Second Avenue also flooded. The flooding affected six less blocks than it did in 2007. In Manville, 200 residents in the Lost Valley section and along Duke Parkway were evacuated. A shelter was opened at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall. The wall of one home collapsed. About 165 homes were flooded. Flood damage for the most part was limit
Other notable flood events in New Jersey
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.