Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 1997
68 severe thunderstorm warnings in 1997. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 68
- Busiest month
- May19 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- August 16, 199710 severe thunderstorm warnings
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 22, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 12:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 3:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 61 min |
| May 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 48 min |
| May 1, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 40 min |
| May 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 51 min |
| May 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 46 min |
| May 1, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 46 min |
| May 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 45 min |
| May 6, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 56 min |
| May 6, 12:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 32 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Hudson, Union | 56 min |
| May 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland | 32 min |
| May 6, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 32 min |
| May 6, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 29 min |
| May 19, 9:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 48 min |
| May 19, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 63 min |
| May 19, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 66 min |
| May 25, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 48 min |
| Jun 13, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 48 min |
| Jun 22, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 53 min |
| Jun 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 64 min |
| Jul 9, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer | 63 min |
| Jul 16, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 64 min |
| Jul 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 62 min |
| Jul 18, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Hudson | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 36 min |
| Jul 18, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 30 min |
| Jul 18, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Passaic | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 60 min |
| Aug 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Union | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Passaic | 83 min |
| Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 4:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Somerset | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 77 min |
| Aug 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burlington County11
- Passaic County7
- Bergen County7
- Mercer County6
- Sussex County6
- Ocean County6
- Atlantic County6
- Morris County6
- Camden County5
- Gloucester County5
- Monmouth County5
- Somerset County4
- Warren County4
- Middlesex County4
- Essex County4
- Union County4
- Hunterdon County4
- Salem County3
- Hudson County3
- Cumberland County3
- Cape May County2
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.