Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- July 14, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -74.750
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 14, 1987
9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cumberland
- When
- July 14, 1:45 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -75.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- July 14, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -74.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Salem
- When
- July 14, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Salem County
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -75.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- July 14, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -74.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- July 14, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -74.980
Tornado, Union
- When
- July 14, 1:50 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -74.350
Tornado, Middlesex
- When
- July 14, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -74.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- July 14, 2:13 PM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -74.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Monmouth
- When
- July 14, 2:17 PM CST
- Where
- Monmouth County
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -74.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- July 14, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -74.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- July 14, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -74.580
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
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- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 14, 1987
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- Damaging Winds in New York, July 14, 1987
- Hail in Kansas, July 14, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 14, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 14, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1987
- Hail in Oklahoma, July 14, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 14, 1987
- Hail in Georgia, July 14, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 14, 1987
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: 10079336, 10079340, 10079337, 10079338, 10079339, 10080191, 10080406, 10080407, 10080408, 10080409, 10080410, 10080411.