Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Southwestern Atlantic County in southern New Jersey until 715 PM EDT
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Atlantic County in southern New Jersey... Cumberland County in southern New Jersey... East central Salem County in southern New Jersey... Northwestern Cape May County in southern New Jersey...
Until 715 PM EDT.
At 633 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bivalve, or 14 miles south of Millville, moving northeast at 70 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... Vineland, Millville, Bridgeton, Ocean City, Cumberland, Somers Point, Buena, Laurel Lake, Woodbine, Estell Manor, Newfield, Elmer, Shiloh, Corbin City, Newport, Leesburg, Beesleys Point, Dorothy, Dennisville and Bricksboro.
This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 26 and 32.
Instructions:
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
If on the Delaware Bay, get away from the water and move indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to 15 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Address/Location
Buena OEM
616 Central Ave
Buena, NJ 08341
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 856-697-2810
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