New Jersey, 2022Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 21, 2022
July 21, 2022 · NWS OKX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
A pre-frontal trough out ahead of a cold front was able to spark severe thunderstorms over an unstable environment in northeast NJ.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $19,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A pre-frontal trough out ahead of a cold front was able to spark severe thunderstorms over an unstable environment in northeast NJ.
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 Jul 21, 9:43 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 9:43 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:26 AM EST, 14 minutes before
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</html>Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- July 21, 11:40 AM EST
- Where
- Essex County, 1.41 mi WNW of Nutley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $16,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.829, -74.174
Tree on a house and car on East Passaic Avenue and Watchung Avenue.
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- July 21, 11:50 AM EST
- Where
- Bergen County, 1.02 mi E of Carlton Hill
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 40.829, -74.100
Trees and wires down on Railroad Avenue.
Hail, Bergen
- When
- July 21, 12:03 PM EST
- Where
- Bergen County, 0.69 mi S of Morsemere
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.840, -74.000
MPING report of 0.75 inch hail.
- 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.
- 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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- Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 21 to 22, 20223 deaths · 6 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, July 21, 20222 deaths · 3 injured · 1 in hail · 30 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, July 21, 20221 death · $355,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 21, 2022$2.1 million · 2.5 in hail · 23 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 21, 2022$157,000 · 1.75 in hail · 31 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, July 21, 2022$95,000 · 1.75 in hail · 29 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 21, 2022$151,000 · 1 in hail · 11 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 21, 2022$125,000 · 50 kt wind · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 21, 2022$96,000 · 50 kt wind · 15 events
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Tennessee, July 21 to 28, 202261 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 21 to 23, 2022$36,000 · 60 kt wind · 28 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1047124, 1047127, 1047132.