Thunderstorm Wind — Cape May, New Jersey

2020-02-07 · near Villas, Cape May, New Jersey

Event narrative

An antenna mast was downed on West Ocean Ave due to high winds.

Wider weather episode

An area of low pressure moving out of the Southeast began to explosively intensify as it moved over the mid-Atlantic. On the morning of February 7, the eastern mid-Atlantic was briefly within the warm sector of the deepening low. An environment of extreme wind fields was present, and temperatures and dew points rose enough for sufficient instability to develop to sustain convection. A line of low topped but intense convection developed, and despite producing little thunder and lightning it produced a long swath of wind damage over the mid-Atlantic, along with a few tornadoes between Virginia and Maryland.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 872681. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.