Tornado Warnings in New Jersey
239 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 239
- Busiest year
- 202140 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 7over 33 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Burlington County54
- Ocean County42
- Monmouth County28
- Hunterdon County28
- Gloucester County27
- Salem County25
- Mercer County25
- Morris County23
- Somerset County22
- Warren County21
- Camden County19
- Middlesex County18
- Atlantic County17
- Sussex County17
- Bergen County15
- Cumberland County13
- Cape May County13
- Essex County10
- Passaic County8
- Union County5
- Hudson County3
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington | 12 min |
| Sep 1, 9:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Burlington | 21 min |
| Aug 27, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Salem | 11 min |
| Aug 20, 7:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Cape May | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Atlantic | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 6:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Gloucester, Salem | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Sussex, Warren | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Ocean | 12 min |
| Jul 21, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Cape May | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PHI | Cape May | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | OKX | Essex, Passaic | 30 min |
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. Rebuilt daily.