Thunderstorm Wind — Union, New Jersey

2025-07-03 · near Scotch Plains, Union, New Jersey

Event narrative

Multiple large trees and wires down across Scotch Plains.

Wider weather episode

Deep layered troughing approached the area from the west along with a cold front at the surface. The area was able to destabilize ahead of the cold front to between 1000 and 1500 j/kg of MLCAPE. The front sparked showers and thunderstorms and with 30 to 40 kt of Effective Bulk Shear available, many of the storms became strong to severe. Single cells and multi-cell clusters were able to produce damaging wind gusts in northeast NJ.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1272584. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.