Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Morris County in northern New Jersey... Northeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey... Southwestern Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey... Eastern Warren County in northwestern New Jersey... Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Northeastern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 604 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Andover to near Clinton, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. * Locations impacted include... Perth Amboy, Morristown, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Bridgewater, Carteret, Dover, Madison, Hopatcong, Middlesex, Florham Park, East Hanover, Lincoln Park, Bound Brook, Manville, Hackettstown, Chatham, Boonton and Wharton. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 11 and 13. Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 11 and 42. Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 13 and 48. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 52. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 129 and 134. * AFFECTED AREAS: WARREN, NJ ... SUSSEX, NJ ... MIDDLESEX, NJ ... HUNTERDON, NJ ... MORRIS, NJ ... SOMERSET, NJ

Instructions:

Protecting yourself from immediate threats to life and safety shall take priority. Whenever possible, as long as it does not cause greater harm, all COVID-19 protective action guidance should be followed. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to large hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.