Full Notification

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Mercer County in central New Jersey... Southeastern Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Monmouth County in central New Jersey... Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 1045 PM EDT.

* At 952 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Carteret to Hopewell, moving east at 60 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, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Somerset, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Marlboro, Manalapan, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Princeton, Red Bank, Keansburg, Matawan and Jamesburg. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 10. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 100 and 126.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MERCER, NJ ... MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MONMOUTH, 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 these storms. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.