Tornado, Gloucester
- When
- March 18, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -75.230
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, March 18, 1989
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- March 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hunterdon County
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -74.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- March 18, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -74.080
Tornado, Gloucester
- When
- March 18, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -75.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- March 18, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Measured
- 96 kt (110 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -75.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- March 18, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -74.820
Tornado, Gloucester
- When
- March 18, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -75.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Cumberland
- When
- March 18, 3:29 PM CST
- Where
- Cumberland County
- Coordinates
- 39.480, -75.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Atlantic
- When
- March 18, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Atlantic County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -74.820
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 18, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, March 18, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, March 18, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, March 18, 1989
- Hail in Arkansas, March 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, March 18, 1989
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, March 18, 1989
- Hail in South Carolina, March 18, 1989
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10082681, 10082679, 10082680, 10082682, 10082683, 10082684, 10082685, 10082686, 10082687.