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Ridgefield Police Department
Tuesday July 6th, 2021 :: 06:18 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Severe thunderstorm warning

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a


* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Hudson County in northeast New Jersey... Passaic County in northeast New Jersey... Union County in northeast New Jersey... Bergen County in northeast New Jersey... Essex County in northeast New Jersey... Southeastern Orange County in southeast New York... Queens County in southeast New York... Richmond County in southeast New York... Bronx County in southeast New York... Kings County in southeast New York... Rockland County in southeast New York... Southern Westchester County in southeast New York... New York (Manhattan) County in southeast New York...

* Until 650 PM EDT.

* At 549 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Vernon Valley to near Lake Telemark to near Chester, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, outbuildings.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Bloomingdale around 555 PM EDT. Wayne, Ringwood, Pompton Lakes, Fairfield and Greenwood Lake around 600 PM EDT. Sloatsburg and Hawthorne around 605 PM EDT. Paterson, Paramus, Summit, and Caldwell around 610 PM EDT. Bloomfield and Hackensack around 615 PM EDT. Newark, Ridgefield, Harlem and Riverdale around 620 PM EDT. Jersey City, Yonkers, Bayonne, and Secaucus around 625 PM EDT. Flatbush, Flushing, Hoboken, Coney Island, Crown Heights, the Throgs Neck Bridge and Midtown Manhattan around 630 PM EDT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BERGEN, NJ ... ESSEX, NJ ... HUDSON, NJ ... PASSAIC, NJ ... UNION, NJ ... BRONX, NY ... KINGS, NY ... NEW YORK, NY ... ORANGE, NY ... QUEENS, NY ... RICHMOND, NY ... ROCKLAND, NY ... WESTCHESTER, NY
 

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.  128

Address/Location
Ridgefield Police Department
604 Broad Ave
Ridgefield, NJ 07657

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 201-943-5210

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