Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 04:00PM
The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Hudson County in northeastern New Jersey... Union County in northeastern New Jersey... Southeastern Essex County in northeastern New Jersey... Richmond County in southeastern New York... Kings County in southeastern New York... New York (Manhattan) County in southeastern New York...
* Until 400 PM EDT.
* At 318 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Linden to Carteret to Sayreville, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Elizabeth around 325 PM EDT. Newark, Harrison, Todt Hill, Port Richmond and Oakwood around 335 PM EDT. Bayonne around 340 PM EDT. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge, Huguenot, Kearny and Tompkinsville around 345 PM EDT. Jersey City and Bay Ridge around 350 PM EDT. Hoboken, Coney Island, Union City, Battery Park and Bensonhurst around 355 PM EDT. Flatbush, Lower East Side, East Village, SoHo, Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope around 400 PM EDT.
* AFFECTED AREAS: ESSEX, NJ ... HUDSON, NJ ... UNION, NJ ... KINGS, NY ... NEW YORK, NY ... RICHMOND, NY
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
Cranford Police Department
8 Springfield Ave
Cranford, NJ 07016
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-272-2222
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP CRANFORDPD followed by your message, to 888777
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