See How Much Rain Fell In Manchester As Flooding Alerts Issued

MANCHESTER, NJ — Stormy weather brought much-needed rain to much of Ocean County over the weekend, but in some areas the amount of rainfall has swollen local rivers and streams.

While wildfire concerns are eased by the influx of heavy rain, the National Weather Service issued warnings Monday morning for part of Ocean County as river gauges showed both the north branch of the Metedeconk River and the Manasquan River have risen above flood stage.

"This is in response to the 5 to 7 inches of rain which fell over the weekend," weather service officials said.

While neither river runs through Manchester, the influx of rain is still likely to cause local streams to rise, along with raising the water levels in Harry Wright Lake and Pine Lake.

The National Weather Service Mount Holly office had a high of 5.5 inches of rain for the three days reported for Manchester as of 6:30 a.m. Monday. A second report was of 3.38 inches of rain. There were no details on where in Manchester those reports came from.

In Lakewood, a high of 5.68 inches of rain was reported, and in Jackson there was a high of 4.44 inches reported.

The Manasquan River was at 15.04 feet as of 11:15 a.m. at Allenwood, near the Brick border with Wall Township. Flood stage is 14.5 feet, weather service officials said.

The north branch of the Metedeconk River at Lakewood had risen to 8.08 feet as of 11:15 a.m. Flood stage is 8 feet, officials said.