Strong Wind, Morris
- When
- May 25, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Morris County, 1 mi SW of Morristown
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in New Jersey, May 25, 1999
m. EDT.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
Strong gusty west winds knocked down several tree branches in Morris Township and set off a chain reaction of events around 1230 p.m. EDT. The downed branches snapped several utility poles and left wires hanging along Mendham Road. One pole was completely knocked down. A car windshield was damaged by a fallen wire. About 2,900 homes and businesses lost power. All power was restored by 530 p.m. EDT. The peak wind gust at Newark International Airport was 40 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 25, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 25, 1999
- Tornadoes in Texas, May 25, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New York, May 25, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 25 to 26, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, May 25, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1999
- Hail in New Mexico, May 25, 1999
- Heavy Snow and Heavy Rain in Alaska, May 25, 1999
- Flooding in Montana, May 25 to 28, 1999
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, May 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: 5699500.