Tornado, Somerset
- When
- October 18, 5:07 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.438, -74.643
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, October 18, 1990
16 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 36
- Property damage
- $5.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Burlington
- When
- October 18, 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -74.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- October 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -75.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- October 18, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -74.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- October 18, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -74.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Passaic
- When
- October 18, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Passaic County
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -74.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- October 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -74.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- October 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -74.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- October 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 39.500, -75.220
Tornado, Union
- When
- October 18, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -74.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Hudson
- When
- October 18, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hudson County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -74.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- October 18, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -74.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- October 18, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Injuries
- 20 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -74.170
Tornado, Atlantic
- When
- October 18, 7:08 PM EST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 1,100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.330, -74.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- October 18, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Somerset County
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -74.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- October 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -74.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Ocean
- When
- October 18, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ocean County
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -74.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- October 18, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -74.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- October 18, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 39.280, -74.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Cape May
- When
- October 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cape May County
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -74.770
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 New York, October 18, 1990
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Connecticut, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Maine, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, October 18, 1990
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, October 18, 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: 10079413, 10079414, 10079198, 10079199, 10079415, 10079416, 10079417, 10079418, 10079419, 10079420, 10079421, 10079422, 10079423, 10079430, 10079424, 10079425, 10079426, 10079427, 10079428, 10079429.