Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- June 3, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Peapack
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm uprooted a few trees in Peapack.
Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 3, 1995
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:43 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 3, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, Scotch Plains to Westfield
- Coordinates
- 40.660, -74.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A cold front moving across the county produced winds strong enough to down a few trees and power lines. They also generated frequent cloud to ground lightning. In Rahway, a fire broke out in a lumber yard after a lightning strike. The fire caused extensive damage.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 3, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 3, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 3, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 3, 1995
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 3, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 3, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1995
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 3, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 3, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 3, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 3, 1995
- Hail in New Mexico, June 3, 1995
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, June 1995
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: 10335422, 10335454.