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Somerset County Public Safety
Tuesday July 16th, 2024 :: 05:43 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:30PM

SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey... Southwestern Morris County in northern New Jersey... Somerset County in northern New Jersey... North central Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 542 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Revere, or 12 miles south of Easton, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... New Brunswick, Somerville, Somerset, Bridgewater, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville, Bedminster, Mendham, Flemington, Tinicum, High Bridge, Clinton, Peapack And Gladstone, Glen Gardner, Ferndale, Frenchtown, Lebanon, Milford, and Califon. This includes the following highways... Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 10 and 35. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 11 and 26.

* AFFECTED AREAS: HUNTERDON, NJ ... MORRIS, NJ ... SOMERSET, NJ ... BUCKS, PA

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 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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