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City of Pleasantville Police Department
Friday August 28th, 2020 :: 05:30 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:15PM

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

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

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 528 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Chesilhurst to near Millville to near Greenwich, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include... Vineland, Atlantic City, Millville, Bridgeton, Ocean City, Cape May, Cumberland, Barnegat, Pleasantville, Hammonton, Somers Point, Ventnor City, Brigantine, Northfield, Absecon, Clayton, Berlin, Shamong, Margate City and Buena. This includes the following highways... Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 69. Atlantic City Expressway between mile markers 0 and 39.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CUMBERLAND, NJ ... CAMDEN, NJ ... ATLANTIC, NJ ... SALEM, NJ ... OCEAN, NJ ... BURLINGTON, NJ ... CAPE MAY, NJ ... GLOUCESTER, 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.

Address/Location
City of Pleasantville Police Department
17 N 1st St
Pleasantville, NJ 08232

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-641-6100

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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