Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:15PM Monday
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Camden County in southern New Jersey... North central Gloucester County in southern New Jersey... Northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey... Southeastern Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania... South central Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania... Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania... Eastern Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 833 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Broomall, or 11 miles west of Philadelphia, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Philadelphia, Camden, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill, Bensalem, Deptford, Voorhees, West Deptford, Lindenwold, Bellmawr, Yeadon, Woodbury, Riverside, Conshohocken, Berlin, Palmyra, Folcroft, Swarthmore, Paulsboro and Jenkintown. People at the Burlington County Mega Site should seek safe shelter immediately! This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 3 and 4. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 351 and 355. Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 7 and 38. Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 332 and 351. Interstate 76 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 3. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 19 and 39. Interstate 676 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 1. Interstate 676 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 4. Interstate 476 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 1 and 16. Atlantic City Expressway near mile marker 44.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BURLINGTON, NJ ... CAMDEN, NJ ... GLOUCESTER, NJ ... BUCKS, PA ... DELAWARE, PA ... MONTGOMERY, PA ... PHILADELPHIA, PA
Instructions:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. 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 this storm. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Township of Moorestown Police Department
1245 N Church St
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 856-234-8300
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