For the second time in as many weeks Central Jersey towns were pelted by a storm July 14, this time bringing heavy rain and local street and highway flooding. Among the communities hardest hit were North Plainfield, Piscataway, Watchung, Plainfield, Scotch Plains, Fanwood, and Westfield.

Floods submerged cars and grounded planes in New Jersey, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency. The deluge also hit New York and Pennsylvania.