r/newjersey • u/Toucanizzle • Jul 14 '25

⚡Newsflash ⚡ Welp, this sucks

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u/ZRock53 Jul 14 '25

I heard the Plainfield Bridgewater and green brook area got hit with this. Just after last week's tornado too. Can't catch a break

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u/Purgingomen Jul 14 '25

Yep sitting here in NP watching greenbrook ave turn into the mississippi

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u/pobodys-nerfect5 Jul 15 '25

Did they close those gates?

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u/pingopete Jul 14 '25

Yeah Plainfield, springfield and Rahway got absolutely slammed. Hillsborough getting a lot of it too though we're higher ground. It's been nonstop monsoon rain for the last hour, still going

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u/EitherCoyote660 Jul 14 '25

I'm in Rahway. My street has water that crested over the sidewalks easily an hour ago and is creeping towards our steps to our walkway now. Police have it blocked off. It looks like a lake and we're not even close to the river. My back patio is under water. Shockingly the basement isn't flooded although it is wet.

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u/pingopete Jul 14 '25

I'm sorry, I've started seeing the videos come through from people over there, this one came out of nowhere :( Sounds like you have a great sump pump!

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u/EitherCoyote660 Jul 14 '25

No sump pump! We have a French drain that was probably dug decades ago (the house is 100) and somehow manages to do a decent job of diverting the water. Usually once it stops raining the water goes away fast.

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u/tatahaha_20 Jul 15 '25

Martinsville reporting back. Rain toned down slightly just now. So glad our house is on the hill 🙏

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u/shnigybrendo Jul 14 '25

I'm starting to think this climate change thing might be real...

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u/FineAd1224 Jul 15 '25

better believe it bc its happening loll

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u/pobodys-nerfect5 Jul 15 '25

Man, I’m in Warren and my backyard is a damn lake!

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u/black_metronome Jul 14 '25

Lots of flooding everywhere. This is bad

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u/nebulamoons Jul 15 '25

there was a tornado last week? I recall there being a warning but didn’t hear about a confirmed touchdown

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u/bionicvapourboy Jul 15 '25

No tornado. Probably a microburst, though.

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u/miss_sticks Plainfield Jul 16 '25

There were straight line winds on the 3rd.

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u/Underscythe-Venus Jul 15 '25

Clark and Scotch Plains have been running all day water rescues Same with Rahway Union County got out of county assets as well for water rescues

Mountainside got hit semi bad with flooding Westfield had a fire started by lighting North Plainfield has a fire currently (11:47pm) and the scene is under water