New Jersey, 2002

Damaging Wind in New Jersey, July 19, 2002

July 19, 2002 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees and wires in Cinnaminson Township. Five evergreens trees were knocked down on one property.

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.

A severe thunderstorm knocked down numerous trees and wires in Cinnaminson Township. Five evergreens trees were knocked down on one property. A trampoline on one property sailed over a pool and knocked out a fence. More than thirty trees were knocked down on the property of Saint Borromeo Church and School. A downed tree landed on and damaged an empty house on the church property.

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 19, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 2:29 PM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

CHANGE IN AIRMASS TO TAKE PLACE LATER TNGT AND SAT AS A COLD
FRONT DROPS ACROSS THE FA. NUMEROUS SHWRS/TSTMS THRU THE EVENING
HOURS WILL TAPER OFF FROM N TO S LATER TNGT. SOME VERY HEAVY
RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS. ONCE THE FRONT DROPS
S AND THE PCPN ENDS...SKIES WILL BEGIN TO CLEAR FROM N TO S
TOWARD DAYBREAK. THE WEEKEND WX SHOULD BE PCPN FREE WITH SLIGHTLY
LOWER TEMPS AND HUMIDITY.

NO MARINE ADVS OR WRNGS.

.PHI...NONE.

RPW

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:59 PM EST, 3 hours 11 minutes before
DEZ003-004-192100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - VERY HEAVY RAIN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
159 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002

...HEAVY RAIN OVER COASTAL SUSSEX COUNTY DELAWARE...
...INTENSE LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM...

A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FORMED OVER THE DELAWARE BEACHES AND
ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY. RADAR INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. IF THESE STORMS DONT MOVE INTO
THE NEARSHORE WATERS SEVERAL MORE INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL FLOODING
SOME OF THE ROADWAYS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS ALSO OBSERVED WITH THIS
STORMS.

EBERWINE

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington

When
July 19, 4:10 PM EST
Where
Burlington County, Cinnaminson
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.983, -74.983

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.

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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: 5308660.