Lightning, Atlantic
- When
- April 9, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Atlantic County, Leeds Pt
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strike in New Jersey, April 9, 2001
Lightning struck the detached garage of a Leeds Point (Galloway Township) house. It punctured two holes in its roof and scattered shingles across the lawn.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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.
Lightning struck the detached garage of a Leeds Point (Galloway Township) house. It punctured two holes in its roof and scattered shingles across the lawn. The lightning then traveled into the house and fried its VCR, television and clothes dryer.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 9, 8:10 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:10 PM EST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 910 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 GOING TO UPDATE ZONES TO END THE WATCH IN PIECES. ROOFS OFF HOMES IN UPR BUCKS CTY...CARS BLOWN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON GIRARD AVE ON I95 IN PHL. MORE DETAILED LSR WILL TRY TO BE ISSUED SHORTLY. ***************************************************************** MARINE LYR BUSTED OUT TDA AND TEMPS UNDR CLR SKIES SOARED INTO 70S AND 80S. ATMOS IN AREA HAS REMAINED IN CHECK FOR NOW...BUT LATEST RUC MDL SHOWS CAPES TO EXCEED 2000 BY 00Z...AS S/W MOVS THRU FCST AREA AND E OF AREA BY ERLY TNGT. THIS SHUD ALLOW FOR SOME HEFTY TRW TO MOV ACRS AREA MUCH OF CNTRL AND WRN SXNS OF FA THIS EVE. HAVE ADDED HVY DUTY TRW WRDG TO WRN AND CNTRL ZNS IN ANTICIPATION OF ISSUANCE OF ANOTHER WW. WL LIMIT HVY DUTY WRDNG TO EXCLUE AREAS CLOSER TO THE SHORE AS CNVCTN SHUD NR THIS AREA WITH PRIME HTG TIME OVER. APPRS THAT THIS FNT WL SAG FAR ENUF S OF THE AREA TUE TO ALLOW FOR A DRY DAY...BUT RETURN FLOW WL BRNG FNT RETURN TUE NGT AND WED AND WL GNRLY CAUSE MORE PRECIP. SETUP LOOKS LIKE HI SETS UP TO OUR N AND FNT TO OUR S AS H5 RDG BLDS ACRS THE AREA. THIS SHUD BRING IN ANOTHER MARINE LAYER EVNT FOR MID AND LATE WK. ON MOS...HAVE GNRLY LWRD TEMPS TUE AND BEYOND. ON THE MARINE...QUIET FOR NOW BUT SCA MAY BE NEEDED TUE NGT AND WED ON CST AND WED ON LWR DEL BAY. .PHI...NONE. JWH/TFG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 6:09 PM EST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-PAZ054-055- 060>062-067>071-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT --- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 709 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EASTERN MARYLAND... KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES IN DELAWARE...AND ALL OF NEW JERSEY EXCEPT FOR THE EASTERN COUNTIES OF CAPE MAY...ATLANTIC...OCEAN...AND MONMOUTH. A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL CROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS AND SHOULD END FROM WEST TO EAST BY OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. RPW
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:49 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NJZ015-100115- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 849 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 915 PM... THE STRONGEST STORM IN THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ABOUT TO ENTER MERCER COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HURRICANE FORCE WIND GUSTS IN UPPER BUCKS COUNTY. IF YOU SEE THREATENING WEATHER... PLEASE STAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME. DO NOT DRIVE UNTIL THIS LINE MOVES THROGUGH.
Special weather statement, Apr 9, 8:17 PM EST, 43 minutes before
DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012-015>019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071- 100215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 917 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHWEST AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEW JERSEY... CECIL COUNTY MARYLAND AND NEW CASTLE COUNTY DELAWARE. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAzS CLEARED THE REGION AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. TFG
Local storm report, Apr 9, 8:45 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY/NEW JERSEY
945 PM EDT WED APR 9 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
615 PM BARRETT TWP PA DIME SIZE HAIL
04/09/01 MONROE
625 PM STILLWATER NJ DIME SIZE HAIL
04/09/01 SUSSEX
650 PM SPARTA NJ MUD SLIDE, FLOODED ROAD
04/09/01 SUSSEX
720 PM SPARTA NJ DIME SIZE HAIL
04/09/01 SUSSEX
730 PM EASTON PA TREES AND WIRES DOWNED
04/09/01 NORTHAMPTON
800 PM LONG POND PA 60 MPH WIND
04/09/01 MONROE
819 PM QUAKERTOWN PA 72 MPH GUST
04/09/01 BUCKS
825 PM HOPE TWP NJ TREES DOWNED
04/09/01 WARREN
840 PM NE PHILADELPHIA PA CARS BLOWN OFF I95
04/09/01 PHILADELPHIA
845 PM COUNTY WIDE NJ POWER LINES DOWN, POWER OUTAGE
04/09/01 SUSSEX
845 PM PERKASIE PA ROOFS OFF HOMES
04/09/01 BUCKS
900 PM 8 SW OF MILLVILLE NJ 71 MPH GUST
04/09/01 CUMBERLANDSpecial weather statement, Apr 9, 8:49 PM EST, 11 minutes before
DEZ002-003-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ013-020>023-100245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 949 PM EDT MON APR 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF EASTERN NEW JERSEY AND CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN DELMARVA. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEY ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. TFG
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, April 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Missouri, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, April 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Montana, April 9, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Hail in Michigan, April 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, April 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, April 9, 2001
- Heavy Rain in New York, April 9 to 10, 2001
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, April 2001
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: 5240661.