Weather alerts in New Jersey, 1998
122 weather alerts in 1998, 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 in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 122
- Warnings
- 103
- Watches
- 19
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- June46 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 1, 199815 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 10:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 34 min |
| Feb 18, 10:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 34 min |
| Mar 9, 9:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Union | 13 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:48 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Burlington | 11 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 6:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Somerset | 3 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 33 min |
| Apr 9, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 11 min |
| Apr 9, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 35 min |
| Apr 9, 11:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 17, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 48 min |
| May 6, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 60 min |
| May 6, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 33 min |
| May 6, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 49 min |
| May 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 50 min |
| May 12, 3:31 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer | 4 hr |
| May 20, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 36 min |
| May 20, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Hudson | 47 min |
| May 21, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 45 min |
| May 29, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 64 min |
| May 29, 10:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 36 min |
| May 31, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Sussex | 34 min |
| May 31, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Sussex | 33 min |
| May 31, 10:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 19 min |
| May 31, 10:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 48 min |
| May 31, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 34 min |
| May 31, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 31 min |
| Jun 1, 1:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 50 min |
| Jun 1, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 35 min |
| Jun 1, 1:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 49 min |
| Jun 1, 1:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 65 min |
| Jun 1, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 1:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 48 min |
| Jun 1, 1:44 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 36 min |
| Jun 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 10:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 11:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 64 min |
| Jun 2, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 62 min |
| Jun 13, 11:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 64 min |
| Jun 13, 11:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 11:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Bergen, Hudson | 117 min |
| Jun 13, 12:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 2 hr |
| Jun 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Morris | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cape May, Cumberland, Salem | 7 hr |
| Jun 16, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Union | 34 min |
| Jun 20, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 32 min |
| Jun 20, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 8:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson | 95 min |
| Jun 30, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 95 min |
| Jun 30, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Union | 95 min |
| Jun 30, 8:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 64 min |
| Jul 17, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden | 31 min |
| Jul 17, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 35 min |
| Jul 17, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 9:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 63 min |
| Jul 23, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 48 min |
| Jul 23, 10:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 62 min |
| Aug 17, 2:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | OKX | Hudson | 4 hr |
| Aug 18, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Passaic, Sussex | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 11:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 12:04 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 8:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex | 85 min |
| Sep 2, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 33 min |
| Sep 2, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 48 min |
| Sep 2, 8:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Gloucester | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 51 min |
| Sep 2, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 5:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Sep 7, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Passaic and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 7, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 49 min |
| Sep 7, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Morris, Somerset | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Monmouth | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 56 min |
| Sep 7, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 35 min |
| Sep 27, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 62 min |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 84 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 14 |
| Tornado Watch | 5 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 14 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burlington County22
- Middlesex County19
- Sussex County19
- Morris County17
- Monmouth County17
- Atlantic County17
- Camden County16
- Union County16
- Mercer County16
- Somerset County15
- Cape May County15
- Gloucester County15
- Hunterdon County15
- Warren County15
- Ocean County14
- Bergen County14
- Hudson County14
- Essex County13
- Passaic County13
- Cumberland County12
- Salem County11
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.