Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 12:00AM Tuesday
The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey... North central Camden County in southern New Jersey... Mercer County in central New Jersey... Northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey... Southwestern Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Southwestern Monmouth County in central New Jersey... Southwestern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey... Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania... Northeastern Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania...
* Until midnight EDT.
* At 1107 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Byram to near New Hope to Bensalem to Marlton, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
* Locations impacted include... Philadelphia, Trenton, Bensalem, Evesham, Mount Laurel, Ewing, Willingboro, Lumberton, Princeton, Florence, Burlington, Bristol, Mount Holly, Byram, Riverside, Palmyra, Hightstown, Flemington, Tinicum and Bordentown. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 4 and 8A. Pennsylvania Turnpike between mile markers 347 and 359. Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 29 and 40. Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 26 and 27. Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 17. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 35 and 76.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BURLINGTON, NJ ... CAMDEN, NJ ... HUNTERDON, NJ ... MERCER, NJ ... MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MONMOUTH, NJ ... SOMERSET, NJ ... BUCKS, PA ... PHILADELPHIA, PA
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to 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.
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