 Ahead of the storm, the National Hurricane Center issued hurricane and tropical storm warnings for the coastline.Following the state's fourth-worst drought in a century, Floyd dropped rainfall across New Jersey, peaking at in Little Falls; this was the highest statewide rain from a tropical cyclone since 1950.The rains collected in rivers and streams, causing record flooding at 18 river gauges, and mostly affecting the Raritan, Passaic, and Delaware basins.