Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- August 25, 11:45 PM EST
- Where
- Atlantic County, Absecon
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -74.500
Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 25, 1999
A microburst from a severe thunderstorm caused extremely concentrated wind damage in the parking lot of Holy Spirit High School in Absecon. Three cars were damaged: one was overturned, a second was laying on its side and a third was in its original parking space, but turned 90 degrees.
Where it happened
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- 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 PHI wrote it up.
A microburst from a severe thunderstorm caused extremely concentrated wind damage in the parking lot of Holy Spirit High School in Absecon. Three cars were damaged: one was overturned, a second was laying on its side and a third was in its original parking space, but turned 90 degrees. Two other cars were moved slightly from their parking space. There was no other wind damage outside of the parking lot.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:45 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
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 25, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Maryland, August 25, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Virginia, August 25, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 25, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, August 25 to 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, August 25, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, August 25, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, August 25, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, August 25 to 26, 1999
- Drought in North Carolina, August 25, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, August 25, 1999
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: 5718075.