Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- June 29, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon County, Anthony
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -74.883
Damaging Wind in New Jersey, June 29, 2001
A severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees and wires across the northern tier of Hunterdon County. Wind damage was reported in Lebanon and Tewksbury Townships and Califon Borough.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- 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 knocked down numerous trees and wires across the northern tier of Hunterdon County. Wind damage was reported in Lebanon and Tewksbury Townships and Califon Borough. One person was injured when a tree smashed through the windshield of his car in Califon.
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 Jun 29, 1:20 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:20 PM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 220 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 2001 BACKDOOR FRNT HAS BEGUN ITS RETREAT TO THE N AND THE 3HS WILL COVER THE ENTIRE AREA SAT & SUN. WEAK LEE TROF SETUPS SAT SO EXPECT A FEW MORE SHWRS/TSTM THAN TODAY TO POP AND AS MIDWEST CLD FRNT WORKS ITS WAY EAST WILL AGAIN HAVE MENTION OF AFTERNOON SHRS/TSTMS. HAVE TRIMED SAT MAXES A DROP BUT UPPED SUNS A BIT. ALSO RAISED SUN DPTS. WITH THIS WILL ISSUE A HEAT WARNING FOR THE URBAN AREAS IN THE PHL METRO AREA TO COVER SAT & SUN AFTERNOONS. SEABREEZE WILL BE LIMITED TO THOSE WITH THEIR TOES IN THE WATER SO WILL KEEP HI TEMPS ALONG THE COAST ARND 90. QUIET ON THE MARINE SIDE. .PA...HEAT WARNING FOR URBAN AREA SAT & SUN. PAZ067>071 .NJ...HEAT WARNING FOR URBAN AREA SAT & SUN. NJZ015-017>019 .DE...HEAT WARNING FOR URBAN AREA SAT & SUN. DEZ001 .MD...NONE .MARINE...NONE. ZEV
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:27 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
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- Wildfire in Alaska, June 29 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 29 to 30, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 29, 2001
- Hail in Texas, June 29, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 29, 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: 5253858.