![]() ![]() Rather it was the wind that wreaked havoc, with countless trees and branches falling onto buildings and powerlines. Miraculously, no one was killed in New Jersey, though four perished in Pennsylvania. Power was out to hundreds of thousands, in some cases not to return for several days. The derecho made it across NJ in under an hour, as seen in the two radar images in Figure 3. Peak gusts at NJWxNet stations included 70 mph at Harvey Cedars (Ocean), Columbus (Burlington) and Berkeley Township (Ocean) each 67 mph, Moorestown (Burlington) 65 mph, Pennsauken (Camden) 59 mph, Seaside Heights (Ocean) and Cedar Bridge (Burlington) each 54 mph, Silas Little (Burlington), Atlantic City Marina (Atlantic), Logan Township (Gloucester), and Lower Alloways Creek Township (Salem) each 52 mph, Sea Girt (Monmouth) 50 mph, and seven stations from 41–48 mph (Figure 4). stations peaked at 87 mph in Brick Township and 72 mph at Waretown (Ocean). ![]() There were unofficial reports of gusts in the 80 to low 90 mph range near the coast.įigure 3. ![]() NJWxNet radar maps at 12:27PM (left) and 1:21PM (right) on June 3rd (radar courtesy of the National Weather Service).įigure 4. Maximum wind gusts at NJWxNet stations on June 3rd. Higher gusts were observed at several other non-NJWxNet stations.īrightest red areas saw wind gusts from 50–70 mph. Next, the evening of the 3rd brought additional rain across the state, including severe thunderstorms along the general path of the Atlantic City Expressway. ![]()
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