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NJCher

(41,818 posts) Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:47 AM Jul 2025

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

July 15

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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 Jul 2025 OP

Yow! bucolic_frolic Jul 2025 #1

Were people ordered to evacuate? MichMan Jul 2025 #2

Watchung - not surprising JustAnotherGen Jul 2025 #3

bucolic_frolic

(52,914 posts)

1. Yow!

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 10:52 AM

Jul 2025

I have relatives in ChungWa!

MichMan

(16,139 posts)

2. Were people ordered to evacuate?

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 11:25 AM

Jul 2025

JustAnotherGen

(37,291 posts)

3. Watchung - not surprising

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Tue Jul 15, 2025, 12:08 PM

Jul 2025

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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