Full Notification

NWS - 3:20 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST FOR THE
FOLLOWING NJ COUNTIES: ATLANTIC, BURLINGTON, CAMDEN, CAPE MAY, CUMBERLAND, MERCER, SALEM & GLOUCESTER.

ALSO: THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING IN AREAS OF POOR
DRAINAGE POSSIBLE. ALSO, A NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY ISOLATED & DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH.

Instructions:

* Charge your mobile phone or other communications device and tune into the latest local weather reports.
* If a tornado is on the ground, avoid windows and go to the lowest point in your dwelling. Place yourself under some kind of sturdy protection (heavy table or work bench), or cover yourself with a mattress or sleeping bag. Know where very heavy objects rest on the floor above (pianos, refrigerators, waterbeds, etc.) and do not go under them. They may fall down through a weakened floor and crush you. Head protection, such as a helmet, can offer some protection also.
If you are In a house with no basement (i.e. a dorm, or an apartment): Avoid windows. Go to the lowest floor, small center room (i.e. a bathroom or closet), under a stairwell, or in an interior hallway with no windows.