New Jersey, 2006

Hail in New Jersey, January 24, 2006

January 24, 2006 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A severe thunderstorm dropped large hail (penny size) in Lumberton. The same thunderstorm dropped pea size hail in Maple Shade and Mount Laurel Townships.

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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 dropped large hail (penny size) in Lumberton. The same thunderstorm dropped pea size hail in Maple Shade and Mount Laurel Townships. Some snow also mixed in with the rain and hail during the thunderstorm. Temperatures dropped below freezing under clear skies overnight and caused slippery traveling conditions the next morning.

The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:02 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Burlington

When
January 24, 11:03 PM EST
Where
Burlington County, Lumberton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
39.967, -74.833

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5486627.