Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:30PM Monday
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Morris County in northern New Jersey... Central Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Northeastern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
* Until 1030 PM EDT.
* At 933 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Martinsville, or near Somerville, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
* Locations impacted include... New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Carteret, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville, Millstone, Flagtown, Colonia, Martinsville, Millington, Society Hill, Woodbridge, South Plainfield, North Plainfield, Highland Park and Metuchen. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 11 and 13. Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 34 and 42. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 18. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 126 and 134.
* AFFECTED AREAS: MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MORRIS, NJ ... SOMERSET, NJ
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to 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
Somerset County Public Safety
20 Grove St
Somerville, NJ 08876
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 908-231-7140
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