High Wind, Essex
- When
- March 6, 6:50 AM EST to 3:23 PM EST
- Where
- Essex forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind in New Jersey, March 6, 1997
As a large and intense low pressure system moved from Kentucky east-northeast just north of New York City and across Eastern Massachusetts, it caused high winds. Winds gusted over 60 MPH at many locations.
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
- 5
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
As a large and intense low pressure system moved from Kentucky east-northeast just north of New York City and across Eastern Massachusetts, it caused high winds. Winds gusted over 60 MPH at many locations. They knocked down trees and power lines on houses and streets.Here are selected highest wind gusts for Essex County: 79 mph at West Orange, 59 mph at Newark Airport, and 58 mph at Elizabeth.High winds downed power lines in Paramus of Bergen County and in Linden of Union County. Windows were blown out of a house in Hudson County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Bergen
- When
- March 6, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bergen forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
High Wind, Hudson
- When
- March 6, 10:45 AM EST
- Where
- Hudson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.731, -74.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Passaic
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Passaic forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Union
- When
- March 6, 12:15 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1997
- High Wind in New York, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Virginia, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 6, 1997
- High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, March 6 to 7, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, March 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 6, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1997
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, March 1997
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: 5610925, 5610923, 5610926, 5610924, 5610927.