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A 1-in-200-year downpour in Millville
In just 24 minutes, 2.19 inches of rain was reported; a flood watch remains until midnight for much of the region.
Profoundly heavy rains doused parts of the region on Friday, but what happened in Millville evidently was one for the ages, or at least the centuries.
Gary Szatkowski, former boss at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, tweeted that 2.19 inches of rain was measured there in just 24 minutes.
Consulting his government table, that computed to a 1-in-200-year event.
Flooding wasn't limited to Millville. Here is a glimpse of what it looked like across South Jersey and southern Delaware on Friday afternoon: