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Somerset County Public Safety
Thursday April 14th, 2022 :: 05:33 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:15PM

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey... Mercer County in central New Jersey... Southern Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 532 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Princeton, or 10 miles northeast of Trenton, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include... Trenton, New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Ewing, Middlesex, Princeton, Bound Brook, Manville, Jamesburg, Cranbury, Pennington, Hopewell and Rocky Hill. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 12. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 64 and 76. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 12. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 121 and 132.

* AFFECTED AREAS: HUNTERDON, NJ ... MERCER, NJ ... MIDDLESEX, NJ ... SOMERSET, NJ

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to damaging winds, 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

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