Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- May 24, 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Atlantic County, Hammonton
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -74.817
Hail and Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 24, 2000
A severe thunderstorm dropped nickel size hail and pulled down large limbs in Hammonton. A couple of roads were impassable because of the downed limbs.
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 severe thunderstorm dropped nickel size hail and pulled down large limbs in Hammonton. A couple of roads were impassable because of the downed limbs. The same severe thunderstorm dropped golf ball size hail in Galloway Township.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Atlantic
- When
- May 24, 8:32 PM EST
- Where
- Atlantic County, Hammonton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.633, -74.817
Hail, Atlantic
- When
- May 24, 9:02 PM EST
- Where
- Atlantic County, 1 mi NE of Absecon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -74.483
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 24, 2000
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: 5146757, 5146758, 5146759.