Lightning, Middlesex
- When
- May 24, 9:50 AM EST
- Where
- Middlesex County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, May 24, 1999
Thunderstorms with frequent lightning moved through Middlesex and Monmouth Counties during the late morning of the 24th. The frequent lightning caused power outages to 6,000 homes and businesses in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
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
- 2
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.
Thunderstorms with frequent lightning moved through Middlesex and Monmouth Counties during the late morning of the 24th. The frequent lightning caused power outages to 6,000 homes and businesses in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties. Hardest hit in Middlesex County was Old Bridge. Also in Middlesex County, a house in Sayreville was struck by lightning. In Monmouth County, in Freehold, lightning struck a tree and caused minor property damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Monmouth
- When
- May 24, 9:50 AM EST
- Where
- Monmouth County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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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: 5699596, 5699597.