Tornado, Gloucester
- When
- November 16, 10:20 AM EST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.680, -75.000
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, November 16, 1989
24 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
- 13
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 31
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
24 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Salem
- When
- November 16, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Salem County
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -75.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- November 16, 10:06 AM CST
- Where
- Hunterdon County
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -74.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- November 16, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -75.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- November 16, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Somerset County
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -74.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- November 16, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -75.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Hunterdon
- When
- November 16, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Hunterdon County
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -75.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Gloucester
- When
- November 16, 10:10 AM CST
- Where
- Gloucester County
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -75.120
Tornado, Mercer
- When
- November 16, 10:17 AM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -74.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Camden
- When
- November 16, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Camden County
- Coordinates
- 39.720, -74.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- November 16, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -75.000
Tornado, Sussex
- When
- November 16, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -74.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Burlington
- When
- November 16, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Burlington County
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -74.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- November 16, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Somerset County
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -74.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- November 16, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -75.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Morris
- When
- November 16, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Morris County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -74.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- November 16, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.350, -74.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- November 16, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -74.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Sussex
- When
- November 16, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sussex County
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -74.680
Tornado, Essex
- When
- November 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -74.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Monmouth
- When
- November 16, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Monmouth County
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -74.020
Tornado, Middlesex
- When
- November 16, 11:04 AM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -74.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Middlesex
- When
- November 16, 11:04 AM CST
- Where
- Middlesex County
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -74.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- November 16, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -74.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- November 16, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -74.320
Tornado, Bergen
- When
- November 16, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -74.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Bergen
- When
- November 16, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Bergen County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -74.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Hudson
- When
- November 16, 11:23 AM CST
- Where
- Hudson County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -74.170
Tornado, Union
- When
- November 16, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -74.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Passaic
- When
- November 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Passaic County
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -74.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Essex
- When
- November 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Essex County
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -74.220
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Camden | 1989-11-16 | Direct | |||
| Thunderstorm Wind, Union | 1989-11-16 | Direct |
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, November 16, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, November 16, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 16, 1989
- Tornado in West Virginia, November 16, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maryland, November 16, 1989
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Delaware, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, November 16, 1989
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, November 16, 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: 10081396, 10082729, 10082730, 10082731, 10082732, 10082733, 10082734, 10082735, 10082736, 10081397, 10081609, 10081610, 10081611, 10081612, 10081613, 10081614, 10081615, 10081616, 10081617, 10081618, 10081619, 10081620, 10081621, 10081622, 10081623, 10081624, 10081625, 10081626, 10081627, 10081628, 10081629.