Receive alerts from your local agencies
...or text your ZIP CODE to 888777 for mobile alerts

Full Notification

Fairfield Township OEM
Friday April 26th, 2019 :: 06:07 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning and Tornado Watch for Cumberland County, NJ until 9pm.

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Kent County in central Delaware...
Atlantic County in southern New Jersey...
Cumberland County in southern New Jersey...
East central Salem County in southern New Jersey...
Camden County in southern New Jersey...
Gloucester County in southern New Jersey...
Cape May County in southern New Jersey...
Central Burlington County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 537 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Woodbury Heights to near Laurel Lake to near
Big Stone Beach, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.

* Locations impacted include...
Camden, Vineland, Millville, Ocean City, Gloucester City, Cape May,
Cumberland, Cherry Hill, Evesham, Mount Laurel, Deptford, Voorhees,
Medford, West Deptford, Pleasantville, Glassboro, Lindenwold,
Hammonton, Bellmawr and Somers Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A tornado watch remains in effect for the warned area. Tornadoes can
develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. Although a tornado is not
immediately likely, if one is spotted, act quickly and move to a
place of safety inside a sturdy structure such as a basement or small
interior room.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for central and
southern Delaware...southern New Jersey...and southeastern
Pennsylvania.

Instructions:

Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Address/Location
Fairfield Township OEM
70 Fairton Gouldtown Rd
Bridgeton, NJ 08302

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 856-453-3158

Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Navigate & Discover