Full Notification

SVROKX The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Eastern Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey... Union County in northeastern New Jersey... Northwestern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey... Essex County in northeastern New Jersey...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 628 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fairfield to North Brunswick Township, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include... Paterson, Elizabeth, Wayne, Plainfield, Bloomfield, Linden, Orange, Ridgewood, Summit, Millburn, Pompton Lakes, Caldwell, Hawthorne, Clark, and Fairfield.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BERGEN, NJ ... ESSEX, NJ ... PASSAIC, NJ ... UNION, NJ

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 these storms. 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.