Alert archive / New Jersey / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Jersey, 2016
136 severe thunderstorm warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 136
- Busiest month
- July72 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Busiest day
- July 25, 201620 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 16, 12:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon and 3 more | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and 3 more | 94 min |
| Feb 16, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 39 min |
| Feb 16, 1:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 6:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 8:47 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 9:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 10:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 11:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris and 1 more | 42 min |
| Feb 24, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 15 min |
| Feb 24, 11:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 64 min |
| Apr 1, 10:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 30 min |
| Apr 2, 10:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 11:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 11:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Ocean | 31 min |
| Apr 3, 12:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 14 min |
| Apr 7, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 37 min |
| Apr 7, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 12:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 12:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 1:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 42 min |
| Apr 26, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 26 min |
| Apr 26, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 5:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 54 min |
| Jun 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 58 min |
| Jun 5, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Monmouth, Ocean | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Salem | 48 min |
| Jun 8, 11:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 4 more | 43 min |
| Jun 8, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 51 min |
| Jun 8, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Monmouth, Ocean | 38 min |
| Jun 8, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 28 min |
| Jun 21, 6:18 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean | 46 min |
| Jun 21, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 58 min |
| Jun 21, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 54 min |
| Jun 21, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 7:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 8, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington | 50 min |
| Jul 8, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Middlesex, Morris, Somerset, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cumberland, Salem | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 7:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May, Cumberland | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 8:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth, Ocean | 50 min |
| Jul 14, 2:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Somerset | 27 min |
| Jul 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic, Union | 56 min |
| Jul 16, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Monmouth, Ocean | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 52 min |
| Jul 16, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 42 min |
| Jul 16, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Ocean | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Ocean | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 39 min |
| Jul 18, 3:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Middlesex, Morris, Somerset | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson, Union | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Ocean | 24 min |
| Jul 23, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 35 min |
| Jul 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Salem | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Jul 23, 5:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 4:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 51 min |
| Jul 25, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Warren | 53 min |
| Jul 25, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, Warren | 56 min |
| Jul 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 38 min |
| Jul 25, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Union | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 5:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Hudson | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 26 min |
| Jul 25, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex, Warren | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 30 min |
| Jul 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Warren | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth | 47 min |
| Jul 25, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen, Passaic | 43 min |
| Jul 25, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Somerset | 40 min |
| Jul 25, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Ocean | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Burlington, Ocean | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 63 min |
| Jul 28, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cape May | 28 min |
| Jul 30, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Essex, Union | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Bergen | 51 min |
| Aug 13, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex, Warren | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 11:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Cumberland, Salem | 41 min |
| Aug 18, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 40 min |
| Sep 14, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Morris, Sussex | 29 min |
| Sep 14, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OKX | Hudson | 54 min |
| Oct 30, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PHI | Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, Mercer, Salem | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burlington County43
- Ocean County28
- Camden County27
- Atlantic County25
- Gloucester County22
- Hunterdon County22
- Mercer County22
- Monmouth County22
- Cumberland County21
- Salem County19
- Middlesex County16
- Morris County16
- Somerset County16
- Bergen County16
- Cape May County15
- Warren County14
- Hudson County12
- Passaic County12
- Essex County11
- Union County11
- Sussex County9
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.