Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- July 11, 5:25 AM EST
- Where
- Sussex County, Branchville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -74.767
Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 11, 2001
A severe thunderstorm tore down power lines and trees in Branchville Borough.
Where it happened
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- 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.
A severe thunderstorm tore down power lines and trees in Branchville Borough.
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 Jul 11, 1:40 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 1:40 AM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 240 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2001 THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH UP OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION EARLY THIS MORNING WILL PROGRESS TO THE EAST. IT SHOULD PASS OFF OF THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. UNTIL THAT TIME...WE/LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A CHANCE OF PRECIP IN OUR FORECAST AREA. THE SHORT WAVE TROUGH HAS SOME PUNCH TO IT...SO WE/LL MENTION BOTH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FOR THIS MORNING... ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF WHAT HAS BEEN OCCURRING UPSTREAM. DRY AIR IS FORECAST TO BEGIN BUILDING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND INTO OUR REGION DURING THIS AFTERNOON. WITH EXCEPTION OF THIS MORNING...NO PRECIP IS ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE ZONE FORECASTS WILL BE ISSUED AT 400. .PHI...NONE. IOVINO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:30 AM EST, 55 minutes before
NJZ001-007>010-012>015-PAZ054-055-060>062-068-069-111400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 530 AM EDT WED JUL 11 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 AM... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM AND IT INCLUDES MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...OUT AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WIND GUSTS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. IF YOU OBSERVE THREATENING WEATHER...SEEK SHELTER AT ONCE. IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF CARBON... MONROE...NORTHAMPTON...LEHIGH...BERKS...MONTGOMERY AND BUCKS. IN NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY THE WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET... MIDDLESEX...MERCER AND MONMOUTH. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. IOVINO/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:22 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 11, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Colorado, July 11, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 11, 2001
- Wildfire in California, July 11 to 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 11, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, July 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 11 to 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 11, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 11, 2001
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: 5260318.