On July 6, New Jersey experienced a months worth of rain in a matter of hours, blanketing townships in rain and flooding streets up and down the state.
In Camden, precipitation reached as high as 4.38 inches in around an hour, with the basements of homes and businesses flooding.
In Cherry Hill, flooding lead to the closure of several streets, including at the intersection of Park Boulevard and School Lane, Route 70 and Haddonfield Road, Route 70 and Fulton Street, Route 70 and Mercer Street, Mansfield Boulevard and Robwill Pass and Belle Arbor Drive.
Brian Bauerle, Cherry Hill business administrator, said in an email that the township experienced a large amount of flash flooding.
“The storm was intense,” Bauerle said. “Our town had at least 3” of rain in a short period of time, which lead to flooding conditions on various state, county and local roads. Some roadways were closed for periods of time as a result. There were also sporadic downed trees and branches across town.”
Towns along the coast faced more severe flooding, with the heaviest rainfall was seen in Neptune City, which received 5.74 inches on July 6 day.
In Asbury Park, police had to save a mother and her infant child after they were trapped inside of their car on a flooded road.
The Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Monmouth County experienced flooding, with photos showing an inch of water covering parts of the interior.
In Ocean Township, the roof of a BJ’s Wholesale store partially collapsed and while there were 27 people inside the store at the time, none were injured.
In Haddonfield, there were several road closures as well, including Barberry at Hinchman, Redman and Mount Vernon, Chews Landing at Station, and KHY west between Lansdowne and Avondale.
Haddonfield commissioner Itir Cole said in a Facebook post that the borough received three to four inches of rainfall.
“Hope everyone made it through today’s flash flooding safely,” Cole said. “We saw an estimated 3–4 inches of rain in about an hour. Public Works crews will be working overtime today and tomorrow clearing inlets, gutters, and roads throughout the borough, thank you for your patience as they work through it.”
On July 9, roads closed again in Haddonfield and along Springdale Road in Cherry Hill due to rain.
A planned Color Me Badd concert at Cooper River Park was rescheduled to August due to the rain.
Flash flood warnings were issued in northwestern Burlington, south central Bucks, east central Delaware, southeastern Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.
At the intersection of Chews Landing and Station Avenue on July 6, one of the roads closed because of flooding.
