Alert archive

Weather alerts in New Jersey

28,825 weather alerts since 1986, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
28,825
Warnings
12,089
Watches
2,016
Advisories
7,912
Busiest year
20111,928 alerts
Average year
703over 41 years on file

Over time

By year

Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.

By month of the year

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

ProductAlerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning4,650
Tornado Warning239
Severe Thunderstorm Watch462
Tornado Watch79
Mesoscale Discussion1,522
Special Weather Statement4,667
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning689
Flash Flood Warning1,560
River Flood Warning596
Flash Flood Watch214
Flood Watch232
Areal Flood Advisory2,692
Hydrologic Statement2
Winter
Blizzard Warning16
Heavy Snow Warning7
Ice Storm Warning11
Snow Squall Warning82
Winter Storm Warning177
Blizzard Watch5
Winter Storm Watch170
Freezing Rain Advisory69
Snow Advisory21
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory2
Winter Weather Advisory510
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning69
Extreme Heat Warning8
Excessive Heat Watch60
Extreme Heat Watch7
Heat Advisory212
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning2
Freeze Warning192
Hard Freeze Warning2
Wind Chill Warning6
Extreme Cold Watch2
Freeze Watch123
Wind Chill Watch4
Cold Weather Advisory10
Frost Advisory279
Wind Chill Advisory37
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning88
High Wind Watch55
Wind Advisory427
Fire
Red Flag Warning116
Fire Weather Watch63
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory296
Freezing Fog Advisory4
Tropical
Hurricane Warning3
Inland Tropical Storm Warning1
Tropical Storm Warning21
Hurricane Watch4
Inland Tropical Storm Watch1
Tropical Storm Watch17
Coast and beach
Coastal Flood Warning128
Coastal Flood Watch99
Coastal Flood Advisory876
High Surf Advisory35
Beach Hazards Statement1
Coastal Flood Statement433
Rip Current Statement137
Marine
Gale Warning578
Heavy Freezing Spray Warning12
Hurricane Force Wind Warning2
Special Marine Warning2,775
Storm Warning59
Gale Watch380
Heavy Freezing Spray Watch4
Storm Watch35
Heavy Freezing Spray Advisory42
Low Water Advisory53
Marine Dense Fog Advisory224
Marine Dense Smoke Advisory1
Small Craft Advisory1,985
Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas136
Small Craft Advisory for Winds1
Marine Weather Statement46

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

The latest warnings

The most recent on file, newest first.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 4:14 PM EDTCoastal Flood WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean57 hr
Sep 22, 2:49 AM EDTGale WarningPHI63 hr
Sep 13, 9:57 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningOKXBergen9 hr
Sep 13, 8:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen4 hr
Sep 13, 8:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex4 hr
Sep 13, 6:35 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic6 hr
Sep 13, 5:54 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHIMorris6 hr
Sep 13, 4:37 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Sep 5, 1:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI67 min
Sep 5, 1:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningPHICape May, Cumberland2 hr
Sep 4, 3:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI53 min
Sep 4, 2:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningPHI65 min

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.