Lightning, Gloucester
- When
- July 16, 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County, Glassboro
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 16, 2000
A pair of severe thunderstorms dropped hail across the northwest part of the county. Quarter size hail fell in Glassboro with pea to marble size hail reported elsewhere.
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
- 3
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 pair of severe thunderstorms dropped hail across the northwest part of the county. Quarter size hail fell in Glassboro with pea to marble size hail reported elsewhere. Lightning from the same thunderstorm ignited a house fire on Williamstown Road in Glassboro. The second severe thunderstorm pulled down wires in Woodbury.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gloucester
- When
- July 16, 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County, Glassboro
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.117
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- July 16, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County, Woodbury
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.833, -75.150
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 Pennsylvania, July 16, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Heat in Louisiana, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail in North Carolina, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 16, 2000
- Flash Flood in Vermont, July 16 to 17, 2000
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, July 2000
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: 5163233, 5163232, 5163234.