Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- January 9, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Bergen County, Lyndhurst
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -74.120
Damaging Wind in New Jersey, January 9, 1998
As thunderstorms moved northeast at around 40 mph, they produced damaging winds, small hail, heavy downpours, and ;lightning. Wires were downed in Lyndhurst.
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
- 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 line of showers and thunderstorms developed in a moist unstable airmass ahead of an approaching cold front.As thunderstorms moved northeast at around 40 mph, they produced damaging winds, small hail, heavy downpours, and ;lightning. Wires were downed in Lyndhurst.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in West Virginia, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1998
- Flood in Pennsylvania, January 9 to 10, 1998
- Flood in Ohio, January 9 to 12, 1998
- Tornado in California, January 9, 1998
- Flood in New York, January 9 to 13, 1998
- Flood in New York, January 9 to 11, 1998
- Dense Fog in New York, January 9, 1998
- Winter Weather in California, January 9 to 10, 1998
- Ice Storm in Massachusetts, January 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, January 9, 1998
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, January 1998
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: 5637260.