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Severe Thunderstorm Watches in New Jersey, 2026

23 severe thunderstorm watches in 2026. 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 in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
23
Busiest month
June6 severe thunderstorm watches
Busiest day
July 28, 20262 severe thunderstorm watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 7:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer and 3 more3 hr
Mar 16, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more4 hr
May 20, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more7 hr
Jun 6, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more5 hr
Jun 11, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more5 hr
Jun 12, 3:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and 7 more5 hr
Jun 14, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more6 hr
Jun 22, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 7 more8 hr
Jun 23, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCape May8 hr
Jul 3, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBergen, Burlington, Camden, Essex, Gloucester, Hudson and 12 more7 hr
Jul 4, 3:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more7 hr
Jul 5, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 1 more6 hr
Jul 9, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem7 hr
Jul 28, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cumberland, Essex and 14 more8 hr
Jul 28, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCape May9 hr
Aug 7, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more7 hr
Aug 8, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 2 more5 hr
Aug 8, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBergen, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Warren6 hr
Aug 10, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more6 hr
Aug 20, 2:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and 8 more7 hr
Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more9 hr
Sep 1, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtlantic, Bergen, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and 15 more7 hr
Sep 3, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCape May, Cumberland, Salem5 hr

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.

  1. July 28, 20262severe thunderstorm watches
  2. August 8, 20262severe thunderstorm watches
  3. March 11, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  4. March 17, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  5. May 20, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  6. June 6, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  7. June 11, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  8. June 12, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  9. June 14, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  10. June 22, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  11. June 23, 20261severe thunderstorm watches
  12. July 3, 20261severe thunderstorm watches

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