High Wind, Western Monmouth
- When
- February 17, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Monmouth forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New Jersey, February 17, 2001
For the second consecutive Saturday (this time the 17th), gusty northwest winds followed a cold frontal passage in Monmouth County. The winds were strong enough to snap a diseased 40 foot maple tree onto a home.
Where it happened
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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.
For the second consecutive Saturday (this time the 17th), gusty northwest winds followed a cold frontal passage in Monmouth County. The winds were strong enough to snap a diseased 40 foot maple tree onto a home. No injuries were reported. Peak wind gusts included 47 mph at the Newark International Airport, 46 mph in Keansburg (Monmouth County) and 45 mph in Belmar (Monmouth County).
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 Feb 17, 10:10 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 10:10 AM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1010 AM EST SAT FEB 17 2001 UPDATE: COUPLE OF CHGS...NOTHING TOO DRASTIC. WE/RE GOING TO HOIST GALES ALONG THE CST AND DE BAY. FLURRIES STILL STACKED INTO THE POCONOS AND AIR MASS GETG COLDER ENUF ALF TO KEEP THE THREAT INTO ERLY AFTN. ALSO WINDS A BIT STGR...WILL ADD GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. LASTLY LATEST ETA HAS H8 TEMPS BLO 15C BY 00Z...SO TEMPS WILL PBLY SLOLY DRIFT LWR TAFTN...OTRWISE REST OF THE FCST OK. PBLY THE COLDEST NGT IN THE AREA SINCE JAN 23RD. .PHI...GALES CST AND DE BAY. TFG
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Washington, February 17, 2001
- Flooding in Texas, February 17 to 28, 2001
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, February 17, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Maine, February 17 to 18, 2001
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, February 17 to 18, 2001
- Extreme Cold in Maine, February 17 to 18, 2001
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 17, 2001
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 17, 2001
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, February 17, 2001
- High Wind in Alaska, February 17 to 18, 2001
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, February 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: 5232032.