Hail, Cumberland
- When
- August 17, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -75.150
Tornadoes and Hail in New Jersey, August 17, 1988
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 14
- Property damage
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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
11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- August 17, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hunterdon County
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -74.950
Tornado, Mercer
- When
- August 17, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -74.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- August 17, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -75.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- August 17, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -74.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- August 17, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -74.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- August 17, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -74.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Ocean
- When
- August 17, 5:19 PM CST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Injuries
- 14 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -74.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- August 17, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.530, -74.670
Tornado, Ocean
- When
- August 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -74.220
Tornado, Salem
- When
- August 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Salem County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -75.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Ocean
- When
- August 17, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -74.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Ocean
- When
- August 17, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -74.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- August 17, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -74.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- August 17, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 38.980, -74.830
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Montana, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 17, 1988
- Tornado in Texas, August 17, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 17, 1988
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: 10081590, 10081591, 10081592, 10081593, 10081594, 10081595, 10081596, 10081597, 10081598, 10081599, 10081600, 10081601, 10081602, 10081603, 10081604.