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Somerset County Public Safety
Tuesday July 16th, 2024 :: 09:07 p.m. EDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 10:15PM Tuesday

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

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Mercer County in central New Jersey... Southern Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Northern Monmouth County in central New Jersey... Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 1015 PM EDT.

* At 907 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Kingston, or 10 miles southwest of New Brunswick, moving east at 30 mph. 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, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Somerset, Edison, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Marlboro, Manalapan, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Princeton, Red Bank, and Keansburg. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 8A and 12. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 65 and 67. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 2. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 102 and 129.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MERCER, NJ ... MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MONMOUTH, 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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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