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Asbury Park Police Department
Tuesday August 6th, 2024 :: 03:49 p.m. EDT

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 04:45PM

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

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

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 348 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hightstown, or 10 miles east of Trenton, moving east at 10 mph. Additional thunderstorms are along a west to east line all the way to coastal Monmouth County. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include... Long Branch, Asbury Park, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Marlboro, Manalapan, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Princeton, Red Bank, Matawan, Jamesburg, Hightstown, Highlands, Cranbury, Roosevelt, Brownville, East Freehold, and West Freehold. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 8A and 9. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 65 and 68. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 103 and 118.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MERCER, NJ ... MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MONMOUTH, NJ

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to 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
Asbury Park Police Department
1 Municipal Plaza
Asbury Park, NJ 07712

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 732-774-1300

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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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