 In August 1999, then-governor Christine Todd Whitman declared a drought emergency amid the state's fourth-worst drought in a century.Although the state received normal rainfall in the month leading up to Floyd, New Jersey was still in a drought emergency when the storm arrived.On September 15, 1999, a day before Floyd moved through the state, an approaching cold front dropped over 1 in (25 mm) of rainfall, fueled by moisture from the storm.