Thunderstorm Wind — Essex, New Jersey
2024-07-17 · near Ampere, Essex, New Jersey
$3K
Property damage
50 EG
Magnitude
Event narrative
Wires down on White Street.
Wider weather episode
A broad positively tilted upper-level trough approached from the west along with associated surface cold front and pre-frontal trough. The pre-frontal trough moved into an area with high instability (1750-2000 J/kg of MLCAPE). This combined with Effect Bulk Shear values around 25 kt allowed for multiple strong to severe thunderstorms to develop. One storm was able to produce damaging wind gusts across northeast NJ, with DCAPE values around 750-1000 J/kg.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1205591. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.