See How Much Rain Fell In Toms River As Flooding Alerts Issued

TOMS RIVER, 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.

In addition, a coastal flood warning is in effect until 6 p.m. Monday in Ocean County. Low-lying streets, which flooded at times over the weekend, likely will be affected again later in the day.

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.

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.

Those flood alerts are both for inland portions of those waterways, and as rainfall runoff continues, downstream flooding is possible.

The National Weather Service Mount Holly office had multiple rainfall totals for Toms River, reported by volunteer observers. The highest was 5.83 inches, reported as of 9:45 a.m. Monday for the three-day storm. There also were reports of 5.40 inches, 4.89 inches and 4.23 inches from Toms River.

Beachwood had the highest rainfall total reported in Ocean County, at 6.15 inches and Pine Beach had a report of 6.07 inches of rain, as of 5:30 a.m. Monday.