The following events were reported: Flood, Heavy Rain. These occurred near station USW00014734, approximately 29.018 km away, between 2008-12-11 17:00:00 and 2008-12-15 21:15:00. The flood was caused by Heavy Rain. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. No significant property or crop damage was reported. Episode Narrative: Heavy rain affected most of New Jersey on the 11th and 12th and caused poor drainage, field and river flooding. The subsequent river and stream flooding started on the 11th and persisted through the 15th in Morris County. Rain began during the afternoon of the 10th and continued through the 11th into the early morning on the 12th. Rain fell at its heaviest from the afternoon of the 11th until just after Midnight EST on the 12th. Event precipitation totals average three to five inches. ||The heavy rain and flooding were caused by a low pressure system that developed along the Gulf Coast States on the 10th. This intensifying low pressure system moved northeast from Alabama on the morning of the 11th, to central North Carolina early in the evening on the 11th to near Bridgeport, Connecticut at 7 a.m. EST on the 12th. Heavy rain affected most of New Jersey on the 11th and 12th and caused poor drainage, field and river flooding. Event Narrative: Streets in Hanover Township were flooded.||The main stem of the  Passaic River at Pine Brook  was above its 19 foot flood stage from 900 a.m. EST on the 13th through 915 p.m. EST on the 15th. It crested at 19.41 feet at 430 a.m. EST on the 14th. The Rockaway River above the Boonton Reservoir was above its 5 foot flood stage from 854 a.m. EST on the 12th  through 1230 a.m. EST on the 13th. It crested at 5.42 feet at 215 p.m. The Rockaway River below the Boonton Reservoir was above its 5 foot flood stage from 1045 a.m. EST on the 12th  through 707 p.m. It crested at 6.11 feet at 9 p.m. The East Ditch at Beaver Brook Road was above its 3.9 foot flood stage from 420 a.m. EST through 459 p.m. It crested at 4.3 feet at 9 a.m. EST.||Event precipitation totals included 3.75 inches in Rockaway, 3.62 inches in Roxbury, 3.45 inches in Mendham and 3.34 inches in Long Hill. Street flooding was reported in Bound Brook from the Raritan River. Roadways were closed in Hillsborough and Montgomery Townships. Numerous rivers and creeks flooded in the county.||The North Branch of the Raritan River at the village of North Branch was above its 12.3 foot flood stage from 315 a.m. EST through 1134 a.m. It crested at 13.38 feet at 715 a.m. EST. Farther downstream, the North Branch of the Raritan River at Raritan was above its 10 foot flood stage through 1223 p.m. It crested at 10.58 feet at 9 a.m. Farther downstream, the North Branch of the Raritan River at the village of South Branch  was above its 7 foot flood stage from 1110 p.m. EST on the 11th through 550 p.m. It crested at 11.09 feet at 930 a.m. EST on the 12th.||The main stem of the Raritan River at Manville was above its 12 foot flood stage from 1023 a.m. EST through 1049 p.m. It crested at 16.01 feet at 615 p.m. Farther downstream the Raritan River at Bound Brook was above its 28 foot flood stage from 1005 a.m. EST on the 12th through 1243 a.m. It crested at 30.35 feet at 530 p.m. EST on the 12th.||The Millstone River at Griggstown was above its 10 foot flood stage from 1228 a.m. EST on the 12th through 656 a.m. It crested at 15.11  feet at 345 p.m. Farther downstream the Millstone River at Blackwells Mills was above its 9 foot flood stage from 840 a.m. EST on the 12th through 445 p.m. It crested at 11.88 feet at 745 p.m. Farther downstream the Millstone River at Weston was above its 12.4 foot flood stage from 1214 p.m. EST through 950 p.m. It crested at 13.27 feet at 5 p.m. ||Pike Run at Belle Mead was above its 7 foot flood stage from 1219 a.m. EST through 531 a.m. It crested at 7.66 feet at 2 a.m. The Lamington River at Burnt Mills was above its 9.5 foot flood stage from 1130 p.m. EST on the 11th through 1109 a.m. It crested at 11.1 feet at 6 a.m. EST.||Event precipitation totals included 3.31 inches in Franklin, 3.18 inches in Bridgewater, 2.88 inches in Hillsborough and 2.85 inches in Bernardsville. Poor drainage flooding occurred in the Ideal Mobile Home off of Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge. Many people evacuated and spent the night of the 11th elsewhere. Trash cans were floating away and water levels reached the tail pipes of vehicles. Event precipitation totals included 3.68 inches in New Brunswick. 3.42 inches in North Brunswick and 3.34 inches in Cranbury.