New Jersey
63 mph wind was clocked during Friday’s storms. See top gusts in each N.J. county.
Trees were blown down. Electrical poles were snapped. And Christmas decorations went flying off lawns.
All thanks to Friday’s intense storms, which generated wind gusts as strong as 63 mph at the High Point Monument in Sussex County, 60 mph at Teterboro Airport in Bergen County and 60 mph in Belleville in Essex County.
Those were among the highest gusts clocked across the Garden State, according to the National Weather Service and the Rutgers NJ Weather Network.
Fierce gusts also were whipping down in South Jersey and along the Jersey Shore, and triggered more than 40,000 power outages across the state Friday afternoon and Friday evening.
Here’s a look at the highest wind gusts reported in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties on Friday:
Atlantic County
- 52 mph at Atlantic City International Airport
- 51 mph in Forsythe
- 48 mph at Atlantic City Marina
- 47 mph in Brigantine
- 45 mph in Pleasantville
- 44 mph in Pleasantville Point
Bergen County
- 56 mph at Teterboro Airport
- 47 mph in Lyndhurst
Burlington County
- 52 mph at McGuire AFB
- 48 mph at Coyle Field
- 47 mph at South Jersey Regional Airport
- 46 mph in Moorestown
- 41 mph in Tabernacle
- 40 mph in Silas Little
- 40 mph in Medford Village
Camden County
- 52 mph in Pennsauken
- 41 mph in Blue Anchor
Cape May County
- 50 mph in Avalon
- 49 mph in Cape May
- 49 mph in Cape May Harbor
- 46 mph in Wildwood
- 46 mph in Ocean City
- 42 mph in Woodbine
- 41 mph at Woodbine Municipal Airport
- 40 mph in North Wildwood
Cumberland County
- 48 mph in Fortescue
- 47 mph in Upper Deerfield
- 45 mph in Millville
- 44 mph in Greenwich
- 39 mph in Vineland
Essex County
- 60 mph in Belleville
- 59 mph at Newark Liberty Airport
- 45 mph in Caldwell
Gloucester County
- 60 mph in Logan Twp.
- 45 mph at Kingsway Regional H.S.
- 42 mph in West Deptford
- 41 mph in South Harrison
Hudson County
- 41 mph in Bayonne
- 40 mph in Jersey City
Hunterdon County
- 47 mph in Pittstown
- 44 mph in Teetertown
- 40 mph in Milford
Mercer County
- 52 mph at Trenton Mercer Airport
- 48 mph in Hopewell Twp.
- 44 mph in Woodsville
- 43 mph in Ewing
Middlesex County
- 51 mph in Perth Amboy
- 47 mph in Carteret
- 47 mph in Deans (South Brunswick)
- 42 mph in East Brunswick
- 40 mph in New Brunswick
Monmouth County
- 56 mph in Sea Bright
- 56 mph in Keansburg
- 54 mph in Sea Girt
- 51 mph in Monmouth
- 46 mph in Cream Ridge
- 43 mph in Millstone Twp.
- 43 mph in Oceanport
Morris County
- 49 mph in Pompton Plains
- 46 mph in Morristown
- 41 mph at Pequannock Twp. High School
- 40 mph in Randolph
Ocean County
- 57 mph in Mantoloking
- 55 mph in Surf City
- 54 mph in Harvey Cedars
- 53 mph in Beach Haven
- 52 mph in Toms River
- 50 mph in North Beach Haven
- 49 mph in Berkeley Twp.
- 49 mph in Seaside Heights
- 49 mph at Rutgers
- 48 mph in Seaside Park
- 47 mph at Trixies Landing
- 46 mph in Tuckerton
- 46 mph in North Beach
- 43 mph in South Seaside Park
Passaic County
- 44 mph in Charlotteburg
- 30 mph in Little Falls
Salem County
- 52 mph in Lower Alloways Creek
- 44 mph in Mannington Twp.
Somerset County
- 47 mph in Franklin Twp.
- 44 mph in Somerville
- 41 mph in Hillsborough
- 41 mph in Manville
Sussex County
- 63 mph at High Point Monument
- 50 mph in Hardyston Twp.
- 41 mph in Sussex
Union County
- 59 mph at Newark Liberty Airport
- 49 mph in Linden
Warren County
- 47 mph in Stewartsville
- 40 mph in Blairstown
- 39 mph in Hackettstown
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A severe thunderstorm watch looms over North Jersey on the evening of June 12 after days of extreme heat.
Nation Weather Service New York declared a severe thunderstorm watch for numerous North Jersey counties including Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, Morris and Sussex among other Central Jersey and New York counties. The watch is in effect until 9 p.m., according to the NWS statement.
In an hourly forecast from The Weather Channel for Paramus, there is a 74% chance of thunderstorms at 7 p.m.
High temperatures reached past 90 degrees in many parts of North Jersey on June 11 and June 12 as a heat advisory also remains in effect until 8 p.m., said NWS New York.
“Dangerous heat is expected to continue across much of our region through today, with several record highs likely to be challenged again. High temperatures are forecast to peak into the low to mid 90s across most of the area,” the National Weather Service said Friday.
A Heat Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. across the state except for Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem counties.
PHILADELPHIA – Philip McPherson II, a 37-year-old from Riverside, New Jersey, was sentenced Thursday, June 11, to 78 months in prison for his role in a 2022 plane crash in Lehigh County that killed a student pilot, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sentencing and charges for fatal Lehigh Valley crash
What we know:
United States District Judge John M. Gallagher sentenced McPherson to 78 months in prison, three years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, a $4,300 special assessment, and $19,530 in restitution. Judge Gallagher also barred McPherson from working in the aviation industry.
McPherson pleaded guilty in October to involuntary manslaughter, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, obstruction of an administrative proceeding, and 40 counts of serving as an airman without a certificate.
The backstory:
Court filings show that on September 28, 2022, McPherson took off from Queen City Airport in Allentown as the pilot-in-command with student pilot K.K. and crashed shortly after, resulting in K.K.’s death.
Prosecutors said McPherson acted with gross negligence, knowing he was not competent to fly as pilot-in-command. He had two prior crashes, nearly a third, and failed a reexamination for his pilot’s certificate in September 2021.
McPherson voluntarily surrendered his pilot’s certificate in October 2021 and let his Temporary Airman Certificate expire in November 2021, acknowledging his inability to meet FAA standards.
He admitted to flying with passengers without a valid FAA pilot’s certificate between October 12, 2021, and September 20, 2022.
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, FAA, and Salisbury Township Police Department worked on the case, which was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Robert Schopf and Special Assistant United States Attorney Marie Miller.
What we don’t know:
Authorities have not released further details about the circumstances leading up to the crash.
The Source: Information from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
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