Event narrative (NOAA)
Flooding along the Mullica and Great Egg Rivers threatened about 100,000 county residents. Flooding forced the evacuation of 102 residents of a senior mobile home development in Buena Vista Township. The English Creek flooded in Egg Harbor Township. Two bridges (one was the Somers Point-Mays Landing Bridge) were damaged by flooding in the county. Eight roadways were closed due to flooding. ||For the second time within the same month, the Great Egg Harbor River at Folsom had record breaking major flooding. It was above its 6 foot flood stage from 1005 a.m. EDT on the 28th through 415 a.m. EDT on September 1st. It crested at 8.27 feet at 1115 p.m. EDT on the 29th. Event rainfall totals included 8.76 inches in Estell Manor, 7.75 inches in Egg Harbor Township, 7.53 inches in Buena Vista Towns
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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.