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NJCher

(40,719 posts) Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:47 AM Tuesday

N.J. which town got 6.5 inches in torrential storms

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Slow-moving thunderstorms unleashed heavy rain and flooding on parts of New Jersey on Monday night with Somerset, Middlesex and Union counties recording the highest rainfall totals.

Watchung topped the list at 6.51 inches. Edison got 5.35 inches of rain with Mountainside close behind at 5.34 inches.

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Also, two women died in the floods.

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N.J. which town got 6.5 inches in torrential storms (Original Post) NJCher Tuesday OP

Yow! bucolic_frolic Tuesday #1

Were people ordered to evacuate? MichMan Tuesday #2

Watchung - not surprising JustAnotherGen Tuesday #3

bucolic_frolic

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1. Yow!

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:52 AM

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I have relatives in ChungWa!

MichMan

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2. Were people ordered to evacuate?

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:25 AM

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JustAnotherGen

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3. Watchung - not surprising

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:08 PM

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Problem is there is so much development on that Mountain - that from Greenbrook to Scoth Plains it floods with only 2 inches of rain.

We really had nothing in Hunterdon County.

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