Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- November 20, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -74.680
Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, November 20, 1989
33 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 35
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
33 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morris
- When
- November 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -74.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- November 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -75.000
Tornado, Ocean
- When
- November 20, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -74.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- November 20, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -74.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- November 20, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -74.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- November 20, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -75.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- November 20, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -74.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- November 20, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hunterdon County
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -74.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- November 20, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Somerset County
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -74.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- November 20, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -74.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- November 20, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -74.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- November 20, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -74.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Hudson
- When
- November 20, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hudson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -74.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- November 20, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -73.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- November 20, 8:27 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -74.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Passaic
- When
- November 20, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Passaic County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -74.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- November 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -75.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- November 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -75.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Salem
- When
- November 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Salem County
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -75.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- November 20, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -75.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- November 20, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -74.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- November 20, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.770, -74.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- November 20, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -74.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- November 20, 8:46 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -75.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- November 20, 8:46 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -75.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Monmouth
- When
- November 20, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Monmouth County
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -74.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- November 20, 8:58 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -74.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- November 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -74.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- November 20, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -75.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- November 20, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -75.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- November 20, 9:13 PM CST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -74.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- November 20, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 39.150, -74.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- November 20, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -74.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- November 20, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 38.970, -74.900
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for New Jersey, 1989Warnings in New Jersey, November 1989
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: 10081630, 10081631, 10081632, 10081657, 10081633, 10081634, 10081635, 10081636, 10081637, 10081638, 10081639, 10081640, 10081641, 10081642, 10081643, 10081644, 10081645, 10081646, 10081647, 10081648, 10081649, 10081650, 10081651, 10081652, 10081653, 10081654, 10081655, 10081656, 10081658, 10081659, 10081660, 10081661, 10081662, 10081663, 10081664.