A wind gust to 71mph was reported Philadelphia International Airport yesterday , with a band of showers and embedded thunderstorms along a cold front. This was the forth highest wind gust ever recorded, at the airport. Other strong winds gusts between 55 mph and 65 mph gusts occurred over other parts of Southeast Pennsylvania, and central and southern sections of  New Jersey. Some wind gust 45mph-55mph range were recorded some sites over northern New Jersey, the Lower Hudson Valley and New York City. Many of these showers and thunderstorms had weak updrafts due a lack of substantial moisture and CAPE.   However, very steep lapse rates helped mixed down stronger winds aloft. This band begin to weaken, as it moved into a more stable marine airmass over over Long Island and Southern Connecticut. More information is below from courtesy of sites such as Storm Prediction Center, Wunderground and the National Weather Service:

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
933 AM EDT THU APR 23 2015

…HIGH WIND GUST AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT YESTERDAY…

A 71 MPH WIND GUST OCCURRED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WITH A COLD FRONT
AND A BAND OF SHOWERS. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST AT PHILADELPHIA
INTERNATIONAL WAS 94 MPH FROM HURRICANE HAZEL BACK ON OCTOBER
15,1954. OTHER STRONG WINDS RECORDED AT PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDE A 88 MPH GUST BACK ON JULY 14,1931 AND A 75 MPH GUST BACK
ON JUNE 24,2010. A 68 MPH WIND GUST OCCURRED WITH SANDY ON
OCTOBER 29,2012. OTHER 69 MPH GUSTS WITH THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRED
ON MAY 28TH,2005 AND MARCH 18,1989.

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GAINES

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
653 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015

..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON…
..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE….
..REMARKS..

0140 PM TSTM WND GST READING REGIONAL AIRPOR 40.38N 75.97W
04/22/2015 M47 MPH BERKS PA ASOS

0141 PM TSTM WND GST NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPO 39.68N 75.61W
04/22/2015 M48 MPH NEW CASTLE DE ASOS

0203 PM TSTM WND GST LEHIGH VALLEY INTL AIRP 40.65N 75.44W
04/22/2015 M55 MPH LEHIGH PA ASOS

0205 PM TSTM WND GST S ALLENTOWN 40.59N 75.48W
04/22/2015 M45 MPH LEHIGH PA TRAINED SPOTTER

0240 PM MARINE TSTM WIND SHIP JOHN SHOAL NOS 39.30N 75.38W
04/22/2015 M46 MPH ANZ430 NJ NDBC BUOY

0246 PM TSTM WND GST NE PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT 40.08N 75.01W
04/22/2015 M48 MPH PHILADELPHIA PA ASOS

0255 PM TSTM WND GST PHILADELPHIA INTL AIRPO 39.89N 75.25W
04/22/2015 M71 MPH PHILADELPHIA PA ASOS

PEAK GUST CONFIRMED BY AIRPORT WEATHER OBSERVER.
HOWEVER NO LIGHTNING WAS ACTUALLY OBSERVED.

0258 PM TSTM WND DMG BETHLEHEM 40.63N 75.37W
04/22/2015 NORTHAMPTON PA TRAINED SPOTTER

TREES DOWN.

0259 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTVILLE 39.87N 75.13W
04/22/2015 GLOUCESTER NJ SOCIAL MEDIA

TREE UPROOTED ONTO A HOUSE ON OLIVE ST

0301 PM TSTM WND GST NE PHILADELPHIA AIRPORT 40.08N 75.01W
04/22/2015 M62 MPH PHILADELPHIA PA ASOS

0308 PM TSTM WND GST TRENTON AIRPORT 40.29N 74.82W
04/22/2015 M52 MPH MERCER NJ ASOS

0308 PM TSTM WND GST 8 SSE TURNERSVILLE 39.66N 75.00W
04/22/2015 E60 MPH GLOUCESTER NJ TRAINED SPOTTER

0308 PM TSTM WND GST FLORENCE 40.12N 74.81W
04/22/2015 M61 MPH BURLINGTON NJ TRAINED SPOTTER

0309 PM TSTM WND DMG GLASSBORO 39.70N 75.11W
04/22/2015 GLOUCESTER NJ BROADCAST MEDIA

LARGE TREE UPROOTED WHICH PULLED DOWN WIRES AND TORE UP
SOME OF THE SIDEWALK. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

0317 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 ENE EILERS CORNER 40.24N 74.51W
04/22/2015 MERCER NJ SOCIAL MEDIA

SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON WINDSOR-PERRINEVILLE RD

0318 PM TSTM WND GST 4 WSW TURNERSVILLE 39.74N 75.13W
04/22/2015 E60 MPH GLOUCESTER NJ TRAINED SPOTTER

0319 PM TSTM WND GST SOUTH JERSEY AIRPORT 39.94N 74.84W
04/22/2015 M46 MPH BURLINGTON NJ ASOS

0327 PM TSTM WND DMG ALLENTOWN 40.18N 74.58W
04/22/2015 MONMOUTH NJ 911 CALL CENTER

UTILITY POLES WERE SNAPPED

0329 PM TSTM WND DMG WRIGHTSTOWN 40.03N 74.63W
04/22/2015 BURLINGTON NJ PUBLIC

DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO ROOF OF A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE

0332 PM TSTM WND DMG PEMBERTON 39.97N 74.69W
04/22/2015 BURLINGTON NJ SOCIAL MEDIA

TREE DOWN ON RT 70

0333 PM TSTM WND GST JOINT BASE MDL 40.02N 74.59W
04/22/2015 M49 MPH BURLINGTON NJ ASOS

0350 PM TSTM WND GST BERKELEY TWP 39.93N 74.27W
04/22/2015 M54 MPH OCEAN NJ NJWXNET

0355 PM MARINE TSTM WIND SANDY HOOK 40.44N 73.99W
04/22/2015 M53 MPH MONMOUTH NJ WEATHER FLOW

0357 PM TSTM WND GST BRANDYWINE SHOAL NOS 38.99N 75.11W
04/22/2015 M64 MPH ANZ431 DE NOS PLATFORM

0410 PM MARINE TSTM WIND PORT MONMOUTH 40.43N 74.10W
04/22/2015 M48 MPH MONMOUTH NJ WEATHER FLOW

0412 PM TSTM WND GST BRANDYWINE SHOAL NOS 38.99N 75.11W
04/22/2015 M60 MPH ANZ431 DE NOS PLATFORM

0420 PM TSTM WND GST DEWEY BEACH 38.70N 75.08W
04/22/2015 M45 MPH SUSSEX DE WEATHER FLOW
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT…SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
955 PM EDT WED APR 22 2015

..TIME… …EVENT… …CITY LOCATION… …LAT.LON…
..DATE… ….MAG…. ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. …SOURCE….
..REMARKS..

0330 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG SADDLE BROOK 40.90N 74.10W
04/22/2015 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER

WIRES DOWN AT 50 JAMROS TERRACE…TAKEN DOWN BY BRANCH
DURING WIND GUST

0335 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG WOOD-RIDGE 40.85N 74.09W
04/22/2015 BERGEN NJ CO-OP OBSERVER

TREES AND WIRES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF ANDERSON AND
BERGER ST.

0350 PM TSTM WND DMG REGO PARK 40.73N 73.85W
04/22/2015 QUEENS NY TRAINED SPOTTER

BRANCH FELL ON FRONT OF PARKED VEHICLE WITH MINOR
DAMAGE TO FRONT OF VEHICLE

0353 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG NEWARK 40.72N 74.17W
04/22/2015 ESSEX NJ CO-OP OBSERVER

TREE FELL ON PARKED CAR AT SUMMER AVE AND NURSERY ST

0355 PM MARINE TSTM WIND 10 SSW BREEZY POINT 40.42N 73.98W
04/22/2015 M53 MPH ANZ338 NY MESONET

46 KT WIND GUST MEASURED AT SANDY HOOK