Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:30PM 
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Morris County in northern New Jersey... Northeastern Somerset County in northern New Jersey... Northeastern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...
* Until 630 PM EDT.
* At 552 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Martinsville, or near Plainfield, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include... Somerville, Carteret, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Colonia, Martinsville, Millington, Woodbridge, South Plainfield, North Plainfield, Metuchen, Dunellen, Watchung, Iselin, Sewaren, Port Reading, Fords, and Avenel.
* 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 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