The following events were reported: Flood. These occurred near station USW00014734, approximately 31.2058 km away, between 2011-12-07 21:27:00 and 2011-12-11 01:45:00. The flood was caused by Heavy Rain. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. No significant property or crop damage was reported. Episode Narrative: A protracted rain event from the daylight hours on the 6th through the early morning on the 8th culminated with heavy rain during the afternoon and evening of the 7th and caused poor drainage flooding in New Jersey. It also caused minor to locally moderate river and creek flooding in the Raritan and Passaic River Basins in northern New Jersey and minor creek and river flooding in southwest New Jersey. Flooding in the Passaic Basin persisted into the early morning of the 11th. Event precipitation totals averaged 2 to 3 inches. The rain was caused by waves of low pressure that moved northeast along a slowly moving frontal boundary. The cold front was in central Pennsylvania on the morning of the 6th and eastern Pennsylvania on the morning of the 7th. The last wave of low pressure on this boundary, located over western North Carolina at 7 a.m. EST on the 7th intensified rapidly as the 7th progress. It was during this intensification process that rain fell at its heaviest that afternoon and evening. The low pressure system itself passed through Delaware during the early evening of the 7th and was over the Monmouth County, New Jersey coastal waters at 10 p.m. EST on the 7th. It reached Long Island, New York at 1 a.m. EST on the 8th. Shortly after the low reached Long Island, the rain ended across New Jersey. A protracted rain event from the daylight hours on the 6th through the early morning on the 8th culminated with heavy rain during the afternoon and evening of the 7th and caused poor drainage flooding in New Jersey. Event Narrative: The Pompton River at Ryerson Road had moderate flooding and was above its 12 foot flood stage from 1049 a.m. EST on the 8th through 545 a.m. EST on the 10th. It crested at 13.71 feet at 235 a.m. EST on the 9th. Farther downstream, the Pompton River at Midwood had moderate flooding and was above its 7.5 foot flood stage from 953 a.m. EST on the 8th through 745 p.m. It crested at 9.24 feet at 540 a.m. Farther downstream, the Pompton River at Mountainview Bridge was above its 8 foot flood stage from 800 a.m. EST through 1000 a.m. It crested at 8.02 feet at 845 a.m. The Passaic River at Lincoln Park (Circle Burners) was above its 5.5 foot flood stage from 140 p.m. EST on the 9th through 330 p.m. It crested at 5.63 feet at 1100 p.m. Farther downstream, the Passaic River at Two Bridges (Passaic and Union County border) was above its 7 foot flood stage from 400 a.m. EST on the 9th through 145 a.m. EST on the 11th. It crested at 9.41 feet at 930 p.m. EST on the 9th.||The Rockaway River below the Boonton Reservoir was above its 5 foot flood stage from 1245 p.m. EST on the 8th through 715 a.m. It crested at 5.28 feet at 700 p.m. The East Ditch at Beaver Brook Road was above its 2.5 foot flood stage from 927 p.m. EST on the 7th through 240 p.m. It crested at 3.45 feet at 520 a.m. Event precipitation totals included 2.50 inches in Mine Hill Township, 2.42 inches in Denville, 2.37 inches in Parsippany, 2.34 inches in Morris Township, 2.22 inches in Florham Park, 2.17 inches in Chatham and 2.02 inches in Long Hill Township. The North Branch of the Raritan River at North Branch was above its 12.3 foot flood stage from 142 a.m. EST through 555 a.m. It crested at 12.59 feet at 315 a.m. Farther downstream, the North Branch of the Raritan River at South Branch was above its 7 foot flood stage from 1032 p.m. EST on the 7th through 1213 p.m. It crested at 9.90 feet at 630 a.m. The Main Stem of the Raritan River at Manville was above its 14 foot flood stage from 752 a.m. EST through 303 p.m. It crested at 14.90 feet at 1130 a.m. Farther downstream, the Raritan River at Bound Brook was above its 28 foot flood stage from 1002 a.m. EST through 441 p.m. It crested at 28.59 feet at 130 p.m. EST.||The Millstone River at Griggstown had moderate flooding and was above its 10 foot flood stage from 1133 p.m. EST on the 7th through 245 a.m. It crested at 14.29 feet at 215 p.m. Farther downstream, the Millstone River at Blackwells Mills also had moderate flooding and was above its 9 foot flood stage from 701 a.m. EST on the 8th through 937 a.m. It crested at 10.79 at 530 p.m. The Pike Run in Belle Mead was above its 7 foot flood stage from 1146 pm. EST on the 7th through 236 a.m. It crested at 7.34 feet at 1 a.m. EST on the 8th.||Event precipitation totals included 2.60 inches in Franklin Township, 2.30 inches in Hillsborough and Bridgewater Townships, 2.27 inches in Montgomery Township and 2.23 inches in Bernards Township.