Thunderstorm Wind, Monmouth
- When
- October 27, 4:13 PM EST
- Where
- Monmouth County, Freehold
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.267, -74.283
A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees in Freehold Borough and caused about 1,600 homes and businesses to lose power.
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The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm knocked down several trees in Freehold Borough and caused about 1,600 homes and businesses to lose power.
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 Oct 27, 3:20 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
448 PM EDT MON OCT 27 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 PM DELAWARE NJ TORNADO
10/27/03 HUNTERDON POSSIBLE TORNADO.
0320 PM BENSALEM PA WIND DAMAGE
10/27/03 BUCKS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OFF.
ESTIMATED 80+ MPH WIND.
0340 PM EWING NJ WIND DAMAGE
10/27/03 MERCER BRANCHES DOWN.
0345 PM HAINESPORT NJ WIND DAMAGE
10/27/03 BURLINGTON TREES BLOWN DOWN. 1
PERSON INJURED IN
VEHICLE.
0345 PM MOUNT HOLLY NJ FUNNEL CLOUD
10/27/03 BURLINGTON FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED.
TREE LIMBS DOWN AND
DEBRIS AT ROUTE 38 AND
ROUTE 541.
0355 PM NEW BRUNSWICK NJ FUNNEL CLOUD
10/27/03 MIDDLESEX FUNNEL CLOUDS SIGHTED.
0352 PM LUMBERTON NJ 50 MPH TSTM GUST
10/27/03 BURLINGTON MEASURED PEAK GUST TO 54
MPH.
0355 PM HAMILTON SQUARE NJ WIND DAMAGE
10/27/03 MERCER TREES BLOWN DOWN. SOME
ROADS REPORTED CLOSED.
0400 PM NEW BRUNSWICK NJ FUNNEL CLOUD
10/27/03 MIDDLESEX FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED
TOWARD HIGHLAND PARK.
0415 PM LAWRENCEVILLE NJ WIND DAMAGE
10/27/03 MERCER ABOUT A DOZEN TREES
DOWNED.The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Jersey in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, October 2003
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5371881.