Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 07:00PM ![](/static/Citizen-24_02_1/img/public/msg_expiration.png)
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Morris County in northern New Jersey... Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Northeastern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
* Until 700 PM EDT.
* At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Flagtown, or near Somerville, moving east at 45 mph. This storm has a history of producing damaging winds across Hunterdon County. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
* Locations impacted include... New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, East Brunswick, Bridgewater, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret, Madison, Middlesex, Florham Park, Bound Brook, Manville, Chatham, Far Hills, Millstone, Flagtown, and Colonia. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 13. Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 29 and 43. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 28. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 125 and 134.
* AFFECTED AREAS: MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MORRIS, NJ ... SOMERSET, 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 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