August 2019 Observations and discussion

Certainly a deluge of some duration tonight. Heavy rain with prolonged lightning, thunder

I can't believe how much lightning is going on here in the Bronx especially looking over the throgs neck bridge I know north and east of the city is getting hit pretty good with thunderstorms

I wonder why the national weather service has not issued a severe thunderstorm warning for my area because I am getting heavy windswept rain with lots of lightning

Had a brief T Storm, minor thunder, some wind and a ten minute downpour.Nice rainbow appeared after.All about 1/2 hour ago.

severe storms possible today

About 7 last night, bigtime rain and thumder for a few hours. Pounding rain. Pool was overflowing.

And this with a 40 % chance yesterday. Let’s see how it goes today

95% chance of watch issuance

Insane storm for the last hour without let up..over an inch of rain so far and crazy lightning and thunder..I am sitting with dogs cuddled up on me

Are you near freehold? That area looks like it’s been hammered

weatherwatchermom wrote:Insane storm for the last hour without let up..over an inch of rain so far and crazy lightning and thunder..I am sitting with dogs cuddled up on me

From WU, it looks like there may have been a tornado report in your area at the same time you posted...

Tornado
Hazlet, NJ
Station ID: KDOX.C7
Lat: 40.41
Lon: -74.21
Time: 3:42 PM
Movement: NE 6.2mph

the storms over my area was not bad i know parts of nj has got hit pretty hard with ef 0 tornado and flooding

The rain situation here is awful. Yard is flooded (never happens) and I’ve been bailing water out of my basement to try to keep it from flooding. I unfortunately think I’ve got some major foundation repairs in store.

I’d be shocked if my town isn’t over 3” of rain and it’s still coming down.

essexcountypete wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:Insane storm for the last hour without let up..over an inch of rain so far and crazy lightning and thunder..I am sitting with dogs cuddled up on me

From WU, it looks like there may have been a tornado report in your area at the same time you posted...

Tornado
Hazlet, NJ
Station ID: KDOX.C7
Lat: 40.41
Lon: -74.21
Time: 3:42 PM
Movement: NE 6.2mph

Wow did not hear that...it has been training rain all day here still going...crazy stormy day

Looks like we did exceed 3” of rain - in about 5 hours. That’s crazy.

aiannone wrote:Are you near freehold? That area looks like it’s been hammered

we are east of freehold

Were can I find rainfall totals my weather station is down right now.

weatherwatchermom wrote:Were can I find rainfall totals my weather station is down right now.

These totals are the latest from the NWS in Mount Holly. But if you look at the times reported it was only midway through the rain for many people so you can add about another inch onto these in many areas:

...Middlesex County...
Edison 4.00 in 0745 PM 08/07 Newspaper
Deans 3.99 in 0710 PM 08/07 RAWS
Sayreville 3.55 in 0754 PM 08/07 CWOP
Edison (Hoover) 3.14 in 0759 PM 08/07 AWS
3 ESE Plainsboro Township 3.00 in 0806 PM 08/07 Public
Avenel 2.74 in 0800 PM 08/07 CWOP
Monroe Twp 2.65 in 0745 PM 08/07 CWOP
Jamesburg 1.43 in 0730 PM 08/07 CWOP

...Monmouth County...
Matawan 2.79 in 0748 PM 08/07 CWOP
Hazlet (Raritan HS) 2.61 in 0800 PM 08/07 AWS
Port Monmouth 2.06 in 0746 PM 08/07 CWOP
Monmouth Beach 2.01 in 0746 PM 08/07 CWOP
Fair Haven 1.75 in 0748 PM 08/07 CWOP
Howell 1.74 in 0754 PM 08/07 CWOP
N.Middletown 1.71 in 0759 PM 08/07 CWOP

...Morris County...
Chatham 1.96 in 0800 PM 08/07 AWS
Stirling 1.94 in 0800 PM 08/07 CWOP
Morristown 1.42 in 0731 PM 08/07 CWOP

...Somerset County...
Martinsville 2.00 in 0715 PM 08/07 HADS
Blackwells Mills 1.58 in 0800 PM 08/07 CWOP
Hillsborough 1.48 in 0751 PM 08/07 CWOP
Branchburg 1.39 in 0755 PM 08/07 CWOP
Far Hills 1.25 in 0800 PM 08/07 CWOP

billg315 wrote:

weatherwatchermom wrote:Were can I find rainfall totals my weather station is down right now.

These totals are the latest from the NWS in Mount Holly. But if you look at the times reported it was only midway through the rain for many people so you can add about another inch onto these in many areas:

...Middlesex County...
Edison                       4.00 in   0745 PM 08/07   Newspaper
Deans                        3.99 in   0710 PM 08/07   RAWS
Sayreville                   3.55 in   0754 PM 08/07   CWOP
Edison (Hoover)              3.14 in   0759 PM 08/07   AWS
3 ESE Plainsboro Township    3.00 in   0806 PM 08/07   Public
Avenel                       2.74 in   0800 PM 08/07   CWOP
Monroe Twp                   2.65 in   0745 PM 08/07   CWOP
Jamesburg                    1.43 in   0730 PM 08/07   CWOP

...Monmouth County...
Matawan                      2.79 in   0748 PM 08/07   CWOP
Hazlet (Raritan HS)          2.61 in   0800 PM 08/07   AWS
Port Monmouth                2.06 in   0746 PM 08/07   CWOP
Monmouth Beach               2.01 in   0746 PM 08/07   CWOP
Fair Haven                   1.75 in   0748 PM 08/07   CWOP
Howell                       1.74 in   0754 PM 08/07   CWOP
N.Middletown                 1.71 in   0759 PM 08/07   CWOP

...Morris County...
Chatham                      1.96 in   0800 PM 08/07   AWS
Stirling                     1.94 in   0800 PM 08/07   CWOP
Morristown                   1.42 in   0731 PM 08/07   CWOP

...Somerset County...
Martinsville                 2.00 in   0715 PM 08/07   HADS
Blackwells Mills             1.58 in   0800 PM 08/07   CWOP
Hillsborough                 1.48 in   0751 PM 08/07   CWOP
Branchburg                   1.39 in   0755 PM 08/07   CWOP
Far Hills                    1.25 in   0800 PM 08/07   CWOP

Thank you, yes it seemed like more rain than that it teamed for hours and my pool is filled to the rim, I am so mad my husband has not re installed my weather station yet. He had new dock pilings installed and my weather station was on the old ones...

This article has some of the updated final rain totals. Some are reminiscent of tropical storm rains we've gotten here. Also a good photo of the tornado in Union County:

https://www.nj.com/news/2019/08/these-nj-towns-got-the-most-rain-and-largest-hail-in-wednesdays-wave-of-wild-thunderstorms.html

What's most impressive about those 3-5" rainfall totals is that its not from a protracted nor'easter or a tropical system working up the coast where you can get heavy rain for a full day. Most of these totals fell in just a little over 4 hours.