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Borough of Wildwood Crest Police Department
Monday July 25th, 2022 :: 08:22 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 09:00PM Monday

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Cape May County in southern New Jersey...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 821 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over North Wildwood, or 7 miles northeast of Cape May, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include... Ocean City, Cape May, Somers Point, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Longport, Stone Harbor, Scotch Bonnet, Diamond Beach, Strathmere, Rio Grande, Cape May Court House, Linwood, West Wildwood, Erma and Whitesboro-Burleigh. This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 1 and 9, and between mile markers 13 and 14.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CAPE MAY, NJ

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm, and the storm will affect the beaches. For your safety, immediately move off the beach and seek shelter indoors.

Address/Location
Borough of Wildwood Crest Police Department
6101 Pacific Ave
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-522-2456

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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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