Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- April 27, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon County, Newton
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, April 27, 1994
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- April 27, 3:20 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon County
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Passaic
- When
- April 27, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Passaic County, Wanaque
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Somerset
- When
- April 27, 3:42 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Bridgewater Twsh.
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A squall line developed during the mid afternoon hours in a very warm and unstable airmass. Hundreds of trees and power lines were downed as the thunderstorms generated damaging straight line winds. Intense up and down drafts within one storm were sufficient to produce one inch hail.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 27, 1994
- Tornado and Hail in New York, April 27, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 27, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 27, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, April 27, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, April 27, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 27, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 27, 1994
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: 10335717, 10335718, 10335538, 10335243.