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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2008

169 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
169
Busiest month
June53 severe thunderstorm warnings
Busiest day
July 27, 200821 severe thunderstorm warnings

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

79 of 169 severe thunderstorm warnings covering New Jersey in 2008 had a qualifying storm report inside them; 123 of 163 hail, wind and damage reports fell inside a warning, on average 22 minutes after it went out.

New Jersey, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Severe thunderstorm warnings1697953%16375%22 min

Each office's whole area, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: severe thunderstorm warnings27312056%26479%26 min
NWS New York, NY: severe thunderstorm warnings1537452%19978%21 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 2:55 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden40 min
Mar 5, 3:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean53 min
Mar 8, 10:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean37 min
Mar 8, 5:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester46 min
Mar 8, 5:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren41 min
Mar 8, 6:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset57 min
Mar 8, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex62 min
Apr 1, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren56 min
Apr 1, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren37 min
Apr 1, 9:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset30 min
Apr 28, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington26 min
May 27, 1:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex27 min
May 27, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic19 min
May 27, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex24 min
May 31, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden42 min
May 31, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cumberland, Ocean9 min
May 31, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Ocean34 min
May 31, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland55 min
May 31, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex61 min
May 31, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren33 min
Jun 8, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic32 min
Jun 8, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex44 min
Jun 8, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex64 min
Jun 8, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Warren42 min
Jun 8, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren47 min
Jun 10, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren77 min
Jun 10, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex55 min
Jun 10, 8:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Somerset64 min
Jun 10, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden41 min
Jun 10, 8:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXPassaic43 min
Jun 10, 8:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union34 min
Jun 10, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen29 min
Jun 10, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic21 min
Jun 14, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Sussex, Warren56 min
Jun 14, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester79 min
Jun 14, 8:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset55 min
Jun 14, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth52 min
Jun 14, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean57 min
Jun 14, 9:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May64 min
Jun 15, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland54 min
Jun 15, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth25 min
Jun 16, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem31 min
Jun 16, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem24 min
Jun 16, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland67 min
Jun 16, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Warren37 min
Jun 16, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May, Cumberland57 min
Jun 16, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris, Somerset44 min
Jun 16, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic28 min
Jun 16, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union51 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth36 min
Jun 18, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren57 min
Jun 22, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen31 min
Jun 22, 12:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris43 min
Jun 22, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris20 min
Jun 22, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic30 min
Jun 22, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Hudson29 min
Jun 22, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth, Ocean54 min
Jun 22, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXEssex, Hudson, Union39 min
Jun 22, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXHudson40 min
Jun 22, 6:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic42 min
Jun 27, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May61 min
Jun 27, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem76 min
Jun 27, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington58 min
Jun 27, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean56 min
Jun 27, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean69 min
Jun 29, 1:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth29 min
Jun 29, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Union60 min
Jun 29, 3:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Somerset44 min
Jun 29, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth46 min
Jun 29, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer, Middlesex, Somerset64 min
Jun 29, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland69 min
Jun 30, 12:38 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Ocean and 1 more67 min
Jun 30, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Monmouth, Ocean78 min
Jul 8, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May24 min
Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington53 min
Jul 20, 8:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren42 min
Jul 23, 2:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem46 min
Jul 23, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMercer35 min
Jul 23, 2:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon47 min
Jul 23, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset64 min
Jul 23, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem60 min
Jul 23, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset57 min
Jul 23, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXEssex, Hudson, Union37 min
Jul 23, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Somerset57 min
Jul 23, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset62 min
Jul 23, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen43 min
Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem60 min
Jul 23, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset35 min
Jul 23, 7:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester57 min
Jul 23, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem45 min
Jul 23, 8:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset54 min
Jul 23, 8:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden31 min
Jul 23, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Union51 min
Jul 23, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic51 min
Jul 27, 11:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington46 min
Jul 27, 11:41 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth34 min
Jul 27, 11:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren70 min
Jul 27, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May54 min
Jul 27, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean49 min
Jul 27, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth57 min
Jul 27, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer61 min
Jul 27, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMonmouth62 min
Jul 27, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem60 min
Jul 27, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset64 min
Jul 27, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean61 min
Jul 27, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem58 min
Jul 27, 2:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Morris, Somerset57 min
Jul 27, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXUnion32 min
Jul 27, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem59 min
Jul 27, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth, Ocean67 min
Jul 27, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean53 min
Jul 27, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more63 min
Jul 27, 3:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen38 min
Jul 27, 3:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Ocean34 min
Jul 27, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May60 min
Aug 2, 7:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May65 min
Aug 2, 8:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic52 min
Aug 2, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Somerset59 min
Aug 2, 11:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen46 min
Aug 2, 12:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset54 min
Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMiddlesex, Monmouth66 min
Aug 2, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington55 min
Aug 2, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean65 min
Aug 2, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIWarren55 min
Aug 2, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren56 min
Aug 2, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Warren26 min
Aug 10, 9:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May46 min
Aug 10, 10:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISalem64 min
Aug 10, 10:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester66 min
Aug 10, 11:17 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester58 min
Aug 10, 11:46 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Salem59 min
Aug 10, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester65 min
Aug 10, 12:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem95 min
Aug 10, 12:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May60 min
Aug 10, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean84 min
Aug 10, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIHunterdon, Warren115 min
Aug 10, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem67 min
Aug 10, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean50 min
Aug 10, 2:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington55 min
Aug 10, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem39 min
Aug 10, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIOcean24 min
Aug 10, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICamden, Gloucester, Salem69 min
Aug 10, 7:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May56 min
Aug 10, 7:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland, Salem66 min
Aug 10, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICumberland56 min
Aug 10, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester67 min
Aug 10, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cumberland, Ocean84 min
Aug 11, 8:50 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset40 min
Aug 11, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union45 min
Aug 11, 10:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Hudson40 min
Aug 11, 10:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic46 min
Aug 11, 11:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex, Warren38 min
Aug 11, 1:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union51 min
Aug 14, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex60 min
Aug 14, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen46 min
Aug 15, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIMorris30 min
Aug 15, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen, Passaic47 min
Aug 15, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen39 min
Aug 15, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOKXBergen52 min
Sep 3, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHISussex52 min
Sep 9, 9:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIGloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Morris, Salem, Somerset and 2 more39 min
Sep 9, 10:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean48 min
Sep 9, 11:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIBurlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem38 min
Sep 9, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Ocean49 min
Sep 9, 12:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland46 min
Sep 9, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland53 min
Sep 9, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHICape May92 min
Oct 25, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem42 min
Nov 15, 5:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPHIAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland50 min

By county

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20072009

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.