Tornado in New Jersey
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in New Jersey, year by year, with the most significant episodes. 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.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in New Jersey.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 207
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 80
- Damage
- $85 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornado and Tropical Storm in New Jersey, August 27 to 31, 2011Irene produced torrential downpour rains that resulted in major flooding and a number of record breaking crests on area rivers, tropical storm force wind gusts with record breaking outages for New Jersey utilities, one confirmed tornado and a three to five foot storm surge that…
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, October 18, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, November 16, 1989
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, July 26, 1994Two reports of large hail were received from West Deptford Township. Quarter-size hail fell in the Verga area while penny-size hail fell elsewhere within the township.
- Tornadoes in New Jersey, May 28, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, March 18, 1989
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 1, 2021The remnants of Hurricane Ida impacted the mid-Atlantic on September 1, 2021. As it moved northward, Ida began transitioning to a strong mid-latitude cyclone with pronounced frontal features, but with continued tropical moisture.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Jersey, August 17, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 21, 1983
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, July 13, 1975
- Tornado and Waterspouts in New Jersey, August 20, 1999A strong waterspout formed over the Atlantic Ocean just southeast of Beach Haven and moved northwest. It became a tornado as it moved across Long Beach Island around 350 p.m. EDT along the Beach Haven/Long Beach Township border.
- Tornadoes in New Jersey, July 14, 1960
- Tornado in New Jersey, June 29, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, July 29, 2009A warm front retreating to the north and a cold front approaching from the west produced strong to severe thunderstorms across New Jersey during the afternoon and early evening of the 29th. One EF-2 tornado also occurred.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, November 1, 1994A 24 foot long sailboat capsized during a severe thunderstorm on the Delaware River. The boat set sail from Pyne Poynt Marina in Camden. One person on board drowned when he became entangled in the lines and was submerged beneath the capsized boat. (M53O)
- Tornadoes in New Jersey, March 10, 1964
- Tornado in New Jersey, May 27, 2001A strong tornado (F2 on the Fujita Scale) struck extreme northern Manalapan and extreme southwest Marlboro Townships. Four houses had severe roof damage and about a dozen others suffered minor damage. A construction trailer was tossed and two vehicles were overturned.
- Tornadoes in New Jersey, June 13, 1958
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, May 10, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Jersey, July 29, 2021A strong shortwave trough moved east-southeastward out of the Great Lakes region on July 29. An associated, strengthening surface low also tracked out of the Great Lakes and into upstate New York.
- Tornado in New Jersey, August 21, 1993Eyewitnesses indicated that a tornado touched down just northwest of Hammonton Lake which is oriented east-west in a heavily wooded area. The tornado moved east-southeast across the lake, becoming a waterspout.
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, May 24, 1962
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, November 4, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Jersey, September 7, 1998An intense line of severe thunderstorms oriented from north to south developed during Labor Day afternoon ahead of a strong approaching cold front. As the storms moved east at 40 to 50 mph, they produced high winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes.
- Tornadoes in New Jersey, July 10, 1989
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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.