High Wind, Western Monmouth
- When
- January 18, 5:10 PM EST to 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Western Monmouth forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
A powerful cold front accompanied by rain showers and high winds produced wind gusts of around 55 mph in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Several trees and wires were knocked down throughout each county.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 powerful cold front accompanied by rain showers and high winds produced wind gusts of around 55 mph in Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Several trees and wires were knocked down throughout each county. GPU Energy reported about 7,000 homes and businesses lost power in central and coastal New Jersey. At least 20 trains were detained for about two hours when the power was lost on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Line. The outage affected Amtrak, New Jersey Transit and SEPTA regional train lines. A peak wind gust of 49 mph occurred in Belmar at 555 p.m. EST.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Western Ocean
- When
- January 18, 5:10 PM EST to 5:50 PM EST
- Where
- Western Ocean forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Monmouth
- When
- January 18, 5:50 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Eastern Ocean
- When
- January 18, 5:50 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Ocean forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Washington, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Waterspout in Maryland, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Massachusetts, January 18, 1999
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 18, 1999
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, January 18, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, January 18 to 19, 1999
- Hail in Alabama, January 18, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, January 1999
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: 5685321, 5685322, 5685319, 5685320.