Alert archive / New Jersey / 2020
Weather alerts in New Jersey, May 2020
85 weather alerts in May 2020, 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 May 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 85
- Warnings
- 15
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 31
- Busiest day
- May 1, 202014 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:49 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 40 hr | |
| May 1, 11:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 68 min | |
| May 1, 1:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 13 min |
| May 1, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 13 min |
| May 1, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 31 min |
| May 1, 3:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 13 min |
| May 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 33 min |
| May 1, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 43 min |
| May 1, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 26 min |
| May 1, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 18 min |
| May 1, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 43 min |
| May 1, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 34 min |
| May 1, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 42 min |
| May 1, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic | 2 hr |
| May 3, 3:37 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 41 hr | |
| May 3, 11:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 60 min | |
| May 4, 12:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 39 min | |
| May 4, 1:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 55 min | |
| May 5, 3:33 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 36 hr |
| May 5, 3:37 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 33 hr |
| May 6, 3:38 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 27 hr | |
| May 6, 4:52 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 33 hr |
| May 7, 3:05 AM EDT | Gale Watch | PHI | 25 hr | |
| May 7, 3:41 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 34 hr |
| May 7, 3:43 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 32 hr | |
| May 7, 3:46 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 12 hr |
| May 7, 3:46 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 41 hr |
| May 8, 3:39 AM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 41 hr | |
| May 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | OKX | Passaic | 28 hr |
| May 8, 11:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 36 min |
| May 9, 12:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 36 min |
| May 9, 3:37 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | OKX | Passaic | 29 hr |
| May 9, 3:46 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Middlesex and 7 more | 29 hr |
| May 9, 11:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 19 hr | |
| May 10, 6:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 21 hr | |
| May 11, 3:24 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Morris, Ocean and 2 more | 27 hr |
| May 11, 3:24 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Sussex | 27 hr |
| May 11, 3:34 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 38 hr | |
| May 11, 12:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Middlesex | 23 min |
| May 11, 12:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 25 min |
| May 11, 12:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 16 min |
| May 11, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Monmouth | 45 min |
| May 11, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Hudson | 40 min |
| May 12, 9:22 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 23 hr |
| May 12, 2:25 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 7 more | 18 hr |
| May 13, 9:29 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | PHI | Sussex | 5 hr |
| May 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 3 more | 18 hr |
| May 13, 2:20 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PHI | Ocean, Sussex, Warren | 18 hr |
| May 13, 2:54 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | OKX | Passaic | 17 hr |
| May 14, 3:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 54 hr | |
| May 15, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 47 min |
| May 15, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 44 min |
| May 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Gale Watch | PHI | 12 hr | |
| May 17, 3:27 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 27 hr | |
| May 18, 3:24 AM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 48 hr | |
| May 18, 9:30 PM EDT | Rip Current Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 4 days |
| May 18, 9:30 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 55 hr |
| May 19, 4:29 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | OKX | Hudson | 17 hr |
| May 19, 11:27 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Monmouth, Ocean | 9 hr |
| May 19, 3:46 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | PHI | Salem | 7 hr |
| May 20, 3:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 71 hr | |
| May 20, 12:34 PM EDT | Gale Warning | PHI | 4 hr | |
| May 23, 3:19 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 54 hr | |
| May 23, 4:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 49 min |
| May 23, 6:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 60 min |
| May 23, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 40 min |
| May 23, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 38 min |
| May 23, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Ocean | 55 min |
| May 23, 10:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Somerset | 4 hr |
| May 23, 10:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PHI | Monmouth | 4 hr |
| May 25, 8:59 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 13 hr | |
| May 25, 9:01 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more | 12 hr |
| May 26, 3:21 PM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more | 17 hr |
| May 26, 3:22 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 20 hr | |
| May 27, 5:39 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 19 hr | |
| May 28, 4:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | PHI | 37 hr | |
| May 28, 9:54 PM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | 9 hr | |
| May 29, 12:27 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and 1 more | 63 min |
| May 29, 2:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson | 48 min |
| May 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hunterdon, Sussex, Warren | 7 hr |
| May 29, 3:03 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sussex, Warren | 87 min |
| May 29, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Sussex | 29 min |
| May 29, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 47 min |
| May 29, 8:01 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bergen, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer and 8 more | 119 min |
| May 29, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | OKX | Hudson, Union | 41 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 Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 29 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 2 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 7 |
| Freeze Watch | 2 |
| Frost Advisory | 4 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 2 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| High Surf Advisory | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Statement | 1 |
| Rip Current Statement | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 3 |
| Special Marine Warning | 4 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Marine Dense Fog Advisory | 4 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 12 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monmouth County18
- Atlantic County17
- Ocean County17
- Sussex County13
- Burlington County11
- Hunterdon County11
- Warren County11
- Middlesex County9
- Salem County9
- Somerset County9
- Cumberland County8
- Morris County8
- Cape May County7
- Hudson County7
- Passaic County7
- Camden County6
- Gloucester County6
- Essex County6
- Mercer County6
- Union County5
- Bergen County5
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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.