High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, November 23, 2002

Name: High Wind and Strong Wind in New Jersey, November 23, 2002
Start: 2002-11-23T01:00
End: 2002-11-23T13:00
Location: New Jersey

November 23, 2002 · NWS PHI · 8 events in 8 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 rapidly intensifying low pressure system that went from the eastern Great Lakes through New England and the Canadian Maritimes produced strong and locally high winds across Eastern New Jersey. The strongest winds occurred between midnight EST and noon EST on the 23rd. The strongest recorded wind gust was 58 mph in Avalon (Cape May County). Other peak wind gusts included 52 mph in Keansburg (Monmouth County) and at the Atlantic City International Airport, 49 mph in Sandy Hook (Monmouth County), 47 mph at Barnegat Light (Ocean County) and 44 mph in Cape May (Cape May 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 Nov 22, 9:57 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 9:57 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
957 PM EST FRI NOV 22 2002

ANOTHER MINOR UPDATE...TO RMV EVE PCPN. LEAVING REST OF FCST MORE OR
LESS AS IT WAS.

KRAUS

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FIRST UPDATE...

BASED ON 18Z ETA AND GFS AND CUR SATL/RADAR TRENDS (OF LAST VESTIGES
MOVG OFSHR) PCPN THREAT FOR SRN HALF OF OUR CWA APRS OVR AND WILL
REMOVE MNTN IN ZONES.  REST OF FCST OK.

TFG

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ORIGINAL DISCUSSION...

FIRST COLD FRONT NOW MOVING ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WITH A FEW
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. JUST GOT A REPORT OF PEAS-SIZED HAIL IN
ESTELLE MANOR (ATLANTIC COUNTY NJ).

LOW PRES OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND PROGGED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
EAST TO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY SUNDAY MORNING. HIGH PRES CENTERED
OVER THE GULF COAST STATES NUDGES NORTH DURING THE SAME PERIOD WITH
A PRONOUNCED PRESSURE GRADIENT IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION LATE
TONIGHT AND SAT. THIS GRADIENT WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS HERE
TONIGHT THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY SAT. IN ADDITION WRAP-AROUND
MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE A THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS NORTH AND SHOWERS
SOUTH INTO SAT MORNING BUT BY LATE SAT MORNING PCPN SHOULD BE OVER.
CLEAR SKIES EXPECTED SAT NIGHT AND MOST OF SUN WITH NEXT SYSTEM
BRINGING SOME CLOUDINESS TO THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA SUN
NIGHT AND MON.

CONSIDERED THE IDEA OF A WIND ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SAT BUT
THINK WE WILL STAY BELOW CRITERIA (31-39MPH SUSTAINED, 46-57MPH
GUSTS). THANKS OKX FOR THE COORDINATION.

EXTENDED LOOKS DRY FOR THE MOST PART.

FCSTID =   24
MPO   30  37  25  42 /  70  10  10   0
ABE   33  43  28  47 /  60  10  10   0
RDG   35  44  29  49 /  50  10  10   0
PHL   39  47  33  52 /  40  10  10   0
12N   33  41  26  46 /  70  30  10   0
SMQ   37  45  30  51 /  50  30  10   0
TTN   38  46  31  51 /  50  30  10   0
MIV   37  47  29  52 /  30  10  10   0
ACY   40  47  35  52 /  30  10  10   0
ILG   38  46  32  52 /  40  10  10   0
DOV   38  47  33  52 /  30  10  10   0
GED   38  47  32  53 /  30  10  10   0
ESN   39  47  33  53 /  30  10  10   0

.PHI...GALE WRNG CST AND DE BAY.

JJM

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 4:45 AM EST, 20 hours 15 minutes before

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-221145-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
445 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
PENNSYLVANIA...DELAWARE...THE NORTHERN MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE...AND
NEW JERSEY EXCLUDING THE FIVE NORTHEAST COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE LEHIGH VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN POCONOS...AND
INTO NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY
SATURDAY MORNING...WITH ANY ACCUMULATIONS AN INCH OR LESS. A GALE
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING DELAWARE
BAY FOR STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING TONIGHT.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. A GALE WARNING IS LIKELY TO
CONTINUE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT FOR THE COASTAL WATERS
INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

7 strong wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Eastern Cape May

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Cape May forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Eastern Atlantic

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Atlantic forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Eastern Monmouth

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Eastern Ocean

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Ocean forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Western Atlantic

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Western Atlantic forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Western Cape May

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Western Cape May forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Western Monmouth

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Western Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong Wind, Western Ocean

When: November 23, 1:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where: Western Ocean forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
Strong Wind: Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Jersey in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, November 2002

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: 5323599, 5323600, 5323601, 5323602, 5323603, 5323604, 5323605, 5323606.