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Borough of Wildwood Crest Police Department
Saturday July 29th, 2023 :: 06:34 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:15PM

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

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

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 633 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Bivalve to 11 miles northwest of North Cape May to near Big Stone Beach, moving east 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, North Wildwood, Wildwood Crest, Woodbine, Sea Isle City, Avalon, West Cape May, Stone Harbor, Cape May Court House, Scotch Bonnet, Seaville, Diamond Beach, Green Creek, Dennisville, Goshen, Strathmere, Rio Grande, North Cape May and Belleplain Forest. This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 0 and 23.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CAPE MAY, NJ

Instructions:

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

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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