Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Jersey
462 severe thunderstorm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 462
- Busiest year
- 200025 severe thunderstorm watches
- Average year
- 15over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gloucester County283
- Salem County282
- Hunterdon County280
- Mercer County280
- Camden County279
- Warren County278
- Somerset County270
- Morris County268
- Sussex County266
- Burlington County263
- Cumberland County261
- Middlesex County247
- Passaic County247
- Atlantic County239
- Bergen County235
- Essex County230
- Union County230
- Monmouth County228
- Ocean County227
- Cape May County226
- Hudson County217
The latest severe thunderstorm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cape May, Cumberland, Salem | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bergen, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Warren | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cape May | 9 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem | 7 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.