Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- July 21, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -74.120
Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 21, 1983
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Ocean
- When
- July 21, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.670, -74.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- July 21, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -75.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- July 21, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -75.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- July 21, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -74.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Ocean
- When
- July 21, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -74.250
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 21, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 21, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in New York, July 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 21, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 21, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 21, 1983
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 21, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 21, 1983
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10082623, 10082624, 10082625, 10082626, 10082627, 10082628.