New Jersey, 2020Strong Wind in New Jersey, January 12, 2020
January 12, 2020 · NWS OKX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Strong winds occurred ahead of low pressure and a cold front.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Strong winds occurred ahead of low pressure and a cold front.
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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 12, 6:58 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 6:58 AM EST, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 3:23 AM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service New York NY
323 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
CTZ005>012-NJZ002-004-006-103>108-NYZ067>075-078>081-176>179-130830-
Northern Fairfield-Northern New Haven-Northern Middlesex-
Northern New London-Southern Fairfield-Southern New Haven-
Southern Middlesex-Southern New London-Western Passaic-
Eastern Passaic-Hudson-Western Bergen-Eastern Bergen-Western Essex-
Eastern Essex-Western Union-Eastern Union-Orange-Putnam-Rockland-
Northern Westchester-Southern Westchester-New York (Manhattan)-Bronx-
Richmond (Staten Island)-Kings (Brooklyn)-Northwestern Suffolk-
Northeastern Suffolk-Southwestern Suffolk-Southeastern Suffolk-
Northern Queens-Northern Nassau-Southern Queens-Southern Nassau-
323 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southern Connecticut,
northeast New Jersey and southeast New York.
.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.
Wind Advisory.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-130830-
Long Island Sound East of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY-
Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT/Port Jefferson NY-
New York Harbor-Peconic and Gardiners Bays-
South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay-
Moriches Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm-
Fire Island Inlet NY to Moriches Inlet NY out 20 nm-
Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 nm-
323 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Atlantic coastal waters.
.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.
Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.
Gale Warning.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.
No hazardous weather is expected at this time.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 12, 5:59 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
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- When
- January 12, 7:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Eastern Union forecast zone
- Measured
- 32 kt (37 mph) measured sustained
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 40.660, -74.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The ASOS at Newark International Airport measured a 37 mph sustained wind at 1122 am. Earlier, a gust to 46 mph was reported at 717 am.
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Iowa, January 12, 20202 deaths · 2 injured · $11,000 · 7 events
- Lakeshore Flood and High Wind in New York, January 12, 2020$420,000 · 60 kt wind · 12 events
- Strong Wind in New York, January 12, 2020$150,000 · 3 events
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 12, 2020$24,000 · 62 kt wind · 39 events
- Strong Wind in New York, January 12, 2020$41,000 · 27 events
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 12, 2020$95,000 · 5 events
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, January 12, 2020$50,000 · 1 event
- Ice Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, January 12, 2020$45,000 · 3 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in North Atlantic Coastal Waters, January 12, 202023 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 12 to 13, 202023 events
- Winter Weather in Minnesota, January 12, 20202 injured · 6 events
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 12 to 13, 202015 events
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: 868536.