The following events were reported: Flash Flood, Flood. These occurred near station USW00014734, approximately 42.2508 km away, between 2008-03-08 14:35:00 and 2008-03-13 11:30:00. The flood was caused by Heavy Rain. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. The events caused property damage valued at 100000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: The runoff from the heavy rain caused flash flooding of smaller streams as well as basement and poor drainage flooding across much of central and northwest New Jersey during the afternoon of the 8th. The region was primed for flooding by another heavy rain event that occurred on the 5th. The runoff from the heavy rain caused flooding to continue through the 10th in the Raritan Basin and through the 13th in the Passaic Basin. Rain began falling during the afternoon on the 7th and did not end until the early evening on the 8th. It fell at its heaviest between 10 a.m. EST and 3 p.m. EST on the 8th. Storm totals ranged from one to four inches with the highest amounts in Morris County.||Please note, some of the flooding persisted through the crossover between eastern standard and eastern daylight time on the night of March 8th.||The heavy rain was caused by a low pressure system that developed in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico on the 7th. It deepened to a 997 millibar low by the time it moved slowly northeast into West Virginia at 7 a.m. At 1 p.m. EST on the 8th, there were a pair of 992 millibar lows, one near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and the other in northern Virginia. At 4 p.m. EST on the 8th, they combined into one over southeast Pennsylvania and deepened to 987 millibars. At 7 p.m. EST the low had deepened to 985 millibars and was near New York City. Its associated cold front had cleared Delaware and New Jersey and ended the rain. The runoff from the heavy rain caused flash flooding of smaller streams as well as basement and poor drainage flooding across much of central and northwest New Jersey during the afternoon of the 8th. Event Narrative: The heavy rain caused poor drainage flooding as well as flooding along most of the gaged creeks and main stem rivers in Somerset County. The first gaged river to flood was the North Branch of the Raritan River at the village of South Branch. Please refer to the separate flood section on Somerset County for specific details about individual streams and rivers. Event precipitation totals included 2.30 inches in Bound Brook, 2.22 inches in Somerville and 1.94 inches in Hillsborough. The heavy rain caused flash flooding of smaller streams as well as poor drainage flooding in Morris County. The runoff also caused flooding along some of the larger rivers in the county including the Rockaway and Passaic which lasted for days. In Jefferson Township, flooding was reported along New Jersey State Route 15. An overflowing retention basin flooded a house in the township. In Mount Olive Township, three roads were closed including River Road. In Chester, Tanner Brook Road was closed. Four roads were closed in Lincoln Park and two roads were closed in Mendham Township. Basements were flooded in Morristown. Please refer to the separate storm data entry as flooding for specifics about flooded streams and rivers within the county. Event precipitation totals included 3.91 inches in Morris Township, 3.19 inches in Ironia, 2.64 inches in West Wharton and 2.30 inches in Boonton. Runoff from the heavy rain led to flooding along many gaged streams and rivers in Somerset County including the Raritan and Millstone Rivers.||The North Branch of the Raritan River at North Branch was above its 12.3 foot flood stage from 506 p.m. EST on the 8th through 152 a.m. EST on the 9th. It crested at 14.66 feet at 930 p.m. Farther downstream at Raritan, the North Branch of the Raritan River was above its 10 foot flood stage from 807 p.m. EST on the 8th through 339 a.m. EDT on the 9th. It crested at 11.4 feet at 11 p.m. Farther downstream at the village of South Branch, the North Branch of the Raritan River was above its 7 foot flood stage from 249 p.m. EST on the 8th through 121 p.m. It crested at 12.93 feet at 1045 p.m. EST. The main stem of the Raritan River at Manville was above its 14 foot flood stage from 1127 p.m. EST on the 8th through 218 p.m. It crested at 16.8 feet at 530 a.m. Farther downstream, the main stem of the Raritan River at Bound Brook was above its 28 foot flood stage from 115 a.m. EST through 309 p.m. It crested at 30.06 feet at 815 a.m. EDT. ||The Millstone River at Griggstown was above its 10 foot flood stage from 410 p.m. EST on the 8th through 645 a.m. EDT on the 10th. It crested at 13.10 feet at 815 a.m. Farther downstream, the Millstone River at Blackwells Mills was above its 9 foot flood stage from 453 a.m. EDT through 838 p.m. It crested at 10.08 feet at 1145 a.m. Farther downstream, the Millstone River at Weston was above its 12.4 foot flood stage from 437 a.m. EDT through 1011 a.m. It crested at 12.78 feet at 715 a.m. The Lamington River at Burnt Mills was above its 9.5 foot flood stage from 5 p.m. EST on the 8th through 1 a.m. It crested at 10.6 feet at 9 p.m. EDT on the 8th. Pike Run at Belle Mead was above its 7 foot flood stage from 344 p.m. EST through 719 p.m. It crested at 7.86 feet at 515 p.m. EST.||Event precipitation totals included 2.30 inches in Bound Brook, 2.22 inches in Somerville and 1.94 inches in Hillsborough. Runoff from the heavy rain caused river flooding and it lasted into the 13th along the Passaic River. The Passaic River at Pine Brook was above its 19 foot flood stage from 315 a.m. EDT on the 9th through Midnight EDT on the 13th. It crested at 19.6 feet at 115 p.m. Farther downstream, the Passaic River at Two Bridges was above its 9 foot flood stage from 1052 p.m. EST on the 8th through 1230 p.m. EDT on the 13th. It crested at 10.47 feet at 515 p.m. The Rockaway River above the Boonton Reservoir was above its 5 foot flood stage from 1003 p.m. EST on the 9th through 415 p.m. It crested at 5.41 feet at 6 a.m. The Rockaway River below the Boonton Reservoir was above its 5 foot flood stage from 237 p.m. EST on the 9th through 323 a.m. EDT on the 11th. It crested at 6.33 feet at 1145 a.m. The East Ditch at Beaver Brook Road was above its 3.9 foot flood stage from 630 p.m. EST on the 8th through 1259 a.m. It crested at 4.1 feet at 9 p.m.