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Thunderstorm Wind in Essex County, New Jersey

Thunderstorm Wind July 17, 2024 · Essex County, New Jersey

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

$3K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wires down on White Street.

The wider storm

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.

Began near Ampere (40.7800, -74.2400).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1205591. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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