New Jersey, 2025

Damaging Wind in New Jersey, November 26, 2025

November 26, 2025 · NWS PHI · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An intense band of showers and thunderstorms developed just ahead of an approaching occluded front. One of the storms was responsible for a microburst in Salem County.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$30,000
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.

An intense band of showers and thunderstorms developed just ahead of an approaching occluded front. One of the storms was responsible for a microburst in Salem 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 25, 6:43 PM EST, 23 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 25, 6:43 PM EST, 23 hours 3 minutes before
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The radar

The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Salem

When
November 26, 5:46 PM EST to 5:47 PM EST
Where
Salem County, 1.49 mi SW of Pedricktown to 1.45 mi SW of Pedricktown
Measured
55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
NWS Storm Survey
Coordinates
39.734, -75.419

A microburst occurred in the Lennox Run development in Pedricktown. The most significant damage occurred at a residence on Clara Drive where a pontoon boat was blown off a trailer and into a wood fence, doors to a shed were damaged, and a portion of fascia board was blown off. The homeowner noted damage visible on the interior of the outer walls on the second floor, though there wasn't any visible damage on the exterior of the wall. No damage was noted outside of this development. The estimated maximum wind speed was determined with the damage to the fascia board.

What these are

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.

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: 1301072.