New Jersey, 1998

High Wind in New Jersey, February 4, 1998

February 4, 1998 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A Nor'Easter produced strong and gusty northeast winds that downed branches and power lines in Union County.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

A Nor'Easter produced strong and gusty northeast winds that downed branches and power lines in Union County.

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Union

When
February 4, 9:35 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

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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: 5636888.