New Jersey, 2001

Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 17, 2001

July 17, 2001 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 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 17, 2:05 PM EST, 7 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 2:05 PM EST, 7 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
305 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001

ON THE MORNING WEATHER MAP...STNRY FRONTAL SYS DRAPED ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES THEN ALONG THE NY/PA BORDER AND INTO SOUTHERN
NEW ENGLAND...WILL TAKE A SLOW DRIFT TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT. FRONT
SHLD BE LOCATED ACROSS THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AND S NJ WED
MRNG...THEN WILL BECOME STNRY THAT REGION INTO LATE WED NGT. LOW
PRES MVG THRU OHIO VALLEY WILL BECOME STNRY VACAPES REGION IN
RESPONSE TO GOING VERTICAL WITH DVLPG UPPER LVL LOW PRES.

FA WILL BE UNDER INFLUENCE OF UPPER LVL SYS INTO THU. CURRENT UPPER
LOW CNTRD JUST N OF NY STATE...WITH SFC LOW REFLECTION...MOVES THRU
THE MARITIMES WED WITH A SHARPENING LONG WAVE XTNDG FM IT ACROSS THE
FA INTO DVLPG VERTICAL LOW VCNTY VACAPES ON THUR.

CLDS: INCRSG CLOUDINESS THIS EVE...THEN CLDS REMAINING ACROSS FA FOR
THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

PCPN: INCRG CHC SHWRS/TSTMS FM TNGT INTO THUR...WITH A MORE LIKELY
CHC EARLIER NORTHERN FA WITH OVRNG OF FNT...THEN MORE LIKELY CHC
MOVG S THRU FA AS FNT MOVES S. EXACT PLACEMENT OF VACAPES REGION
STACKED LOW WILL BE IMPORTANT FOR CHC HVIER RAINFALL FM SE NJ INTO
THE DELMARVA.

WINDS: WILL REMAIN SW AHEAD OF THE FRNT...THEN GO PRIMARILY NE
BEHIND THE FRONT. MRNG GUIDANCE SHOWS THE PSBLTY OF A NE 25 TO 35 KT
BNDRY LYR WIND SETTING UP OVR SOUTHERN MARINE REGION AS VERTICAL SYS
DVLPS. THIS WILL BE WATCHED CAREFULLY AS TIME OF THE FRI NEW MOON IS
APPROACHING...WITH DEPARTURES THIS LUNA PERIOD ONE OF IF NOT THE
HIGHEST OF THE YEAR.

ON THE MARINE: MARINE FCSTR MENTIONS THAT SCA MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR
THUR ATTM FOR DVLPG VACAPES SYS.

.PHIy...NONE.

WOODWORTH

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 20 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington

When
July 17, 9:07 PM EST
Where
Burlington County, Wrightstown
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
Coordinates
40.033, -74.617

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.

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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: 5260682.