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Hunterdon County Dept. of Public Safety Office of Emergency Mgmt
Thursday May 19th, 2011 :: 04:25 p.m. EDT

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NWS has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING for Hunterdon County until 515PM today 5/19/2011.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
420 PM EDT THU MAY 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
NORTHWESTERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...
NORTH CENTRAL BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 416 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY AND WERE MOVING
NORTH AT AROUND 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BLOOMSBURY AROUND 455 PM EDT...
6 MILES WEST OF GLEN GARDNER AROUND 500 PM EDT...
HAMPTON AND 6 MILES EAST OF ALPHA AROUND 505 PM EDT...
HAMPTON AROUND 510 PM EDT...
PLEASANT VALLEY...BRASS CASTLE...HARMONY AND 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WASHINGTON AROUND 515 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR
WITH THESE STORMS AND CAUSE LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NEW JERSEY AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

Address/Location
Hunterdon County Dept. of Public Safety Office of Emergency Mgmt
201 Cherryville Rd
Flemington, NJ 08822

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-788-1196

Brayden Fahey
Emergency Management
[email protected]
908-806-5826

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