Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 607
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Sep 6, 2025, 1:13 PM EDT for 9 states. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2025, 1:13 PM EDT (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2025, 7:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 91 counties
Capitol Planning Region, CT, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Kent County, DE, New Castle County, DE, Berkshire County, MA, Essex County, MA, Franklin County, MA, Hampden County, MA, Hampshire County, MA, Middlesex County, MA, Norfolk County, MA, Suffolk County, MA, Worcester County, MA, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Caroline County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Kent County, MD, Queen Anne's County, MD, Talbot County, MD, Androscoggin County, ME, Cumberland County, ME, Franklin County, ME, Kennebec County, ME, Oxford County, ME, Penobscot County, ME, Piscataquis County, ME, Sagadahoc County, ME, Somerset County, ME, Waldo County, ME, York County, ME, Belknap County, NH, Carroll County, NH, Cheshire County, NH, Hillsborough County, NH, Merrimack County, NH, Rockingham County, NH, Strafford County, NH, Sullivan County, NH, Atlantic County, NJ, Bergen County, NJ, Burlington County, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Cumberland County, NJ, Essex County, NJ, Gloucester County, NJ, Hudson County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Monmouth County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Ocean County, NJ, Passaic County, NJ, Salem County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Union County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Bronx County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Kings County, NY, Nassau County, NY, New York County, NY, Orange County, NY, Putnam County, NY, Queens County, NY, Richmond County, NY, Rockland County, NY, Westchester County, NY, Berks County, PA, Bucks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Chester County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lancaster County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Montgomery County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA, York County, PA
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 20%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 2%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 70%
Warnings issued inside it
49 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Ulster | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 1:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 37 min |
| Sep 6, 1:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampshire | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 2:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 46 min |
| Sep 6, 2:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 20 min |
| Sep 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Hampden, Hampshire | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 61 min |
| Sep 6, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Belknap, Carroll, Grafton | 21 min |
| Sep 6, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cheshire, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Sullivan | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 19 min |
| Sep 6, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 23 min |
| Sep 6, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 28 min |
| Sep 6, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 43 min |
| Sep 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson, Union | 39 min |
| Sep 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Harford | 20 min |
| Sep 6, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Worcester | 35 min |
| Sep 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Cecil, Harford | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham | 48 min |
| Sep 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, Oxford, York | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson, Union | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CTP | Lancaster, York | 45 min |
| Sep 6, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester | 59 min |
| Sep 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 38 min |
| Sep 6, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | York | 30 min |
| Sep 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Chester | 29 min |
| Sep 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Oxford | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rockingham, Strafford | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Capitol Planning Region, Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Hillsborough, Rockingham | 36 min |
| Sep 6, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GYX | Cumberland, York | 50 min |
| Sep 6, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | BOX | Middlesex, Worcester | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, Queen Anne's | 40 min |
| Sep 6, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 65 min |
| Sep 6, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 55 min |
| Sep 6, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden | 31 min |
| Sep 6, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Worcester | 52 min |
| Sep 6, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOX | Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester | 54 min |
| Sep 6, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Kent, New Castle | 32 min |
| Sep 6, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 4 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1648 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
735 WWUS20 KWNS 061711 SEL7 SPC WW 061711 CTZ000-DEZ000-MAZ000-MDZ000-MEZ000-NHZ000-NJZ000-NYZ000- PAZ000-RIZ000-VTZ000-CWZ000-070000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 607 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 110 PM EDT Sat Sep 6 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Connecticut Delaware Massachusetts Northeast Maryland Western and Central Maine Southern New Hampshire New Jersey Southeast New York Eastern Pennsylvania Rhode Island Southeast Vermont Coastal Waters * Effective this Saturday afternoon and evening from 110 PM until 800 PM EDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Scattered thunderstorms are beginning to develop along a boundary from central Maryland northeastward into parts of New York/Vermont. These storms will intensify through the afternoon, with locally severe storms expected. Damaging winds will be the main risk with the stronger cells, although a few could also produce hail and perhaps a tornado or two. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles west of Wilmington DE to 25 miles east of Bangor ME. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU7). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24030. ...Hart
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 11:56 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min | |
| Sep 6, 3:49 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min | |
| Sep 6, 5:34 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kent, Sussex | 56 min |
| Sep 6, 1:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's | 2 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.