How Much Rain Did Lawrence Township Get Wednesday Night?

Salem in Salem County had the most rainfall in New Jersey during the Wednesday night storm, according to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network through Rutgers University.

Salem collected 3.07 inches of rain by 8:42 a.m. Wednesday. It was the only town in the state to get more than three inches of rain, although many towns in the northern portion of the state exceeded two inches.

The hours-long storm Wednesday night, which resulted in a tornado watch for much of New Jersey, brought thunder, lightning, and power outages throughout the region.

The following are selected rainfall totals for Mercer County from Wednesday night’s storm:

Princeton, 2.04 inches

Lawrence 1.0 NNW, 1.92 inches

Hopewell 2.4 NW, 1.84 inches

Pennington, 1.81 inches

Lawrence 0.8 ESE, 1.79 inches

Ewing 0.9 NNE, 1.61 inches

Lawrence 1.8 SSW, 1.53 inches

Lawrence 1.6 S: 1.42 inches

Ewing 1.6 SE: 1.42 inches

Hopewell 3.9 SE: 1.42 inches

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