Tornado, Sussex
- When
- August 13, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 22.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -74.820
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, August 13, 1990
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 7
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, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- August 13, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -75.080
Tornado, Passaic
- When
- August 13, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Passaic County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -74.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- August 13, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -74.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Passaic
- When
- August 13, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Passaic County
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -74.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- August 13, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -74.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- August 13, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -74.200
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 13, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 13, 1990
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 13, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 13, 1990
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 13, 1990
- Hail in Texas, August 13, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 13, 1990
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, August 13, 1990
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: 10078322, 10078323, 10078324, 10078325, 10078326, 10078327, 10078328.