Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 05:00AM ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
SVROKX The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey... Northwestern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey... Central Westchester County in southeastern New York... Southeastern Orange County in southeastern New York... Rockland County in southeastern New York...
* Until 500 AM EDT.
* At 415 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near West Milford, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage to trees and power lines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near... West Milford and Ringwood around 420 AM EDT. Suffern and Sloatsburg around 435 AM EDT. Monsey around 445 AM EDT. Pomona around 450 AM EDT. New City around 455 AM EDT.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BERGEN, NJ ... PASSAIC, NJ ... ORANGE, NY ... ROCKLAND, NY ... WESTCHESTER, NY
Instructions:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Address/Location
West Milford Office of Emergency Management
1480 Union Valley Rd
West Milford, NJ 07480
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 973-728-2840
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