Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 02:00AM Friday
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... CENTRAL MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... SOUTHEASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... NORTH CENTRAL OCEAN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... NORTH CENTRAL BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT
* AT 101 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALLENTOWN...OR 8 MILES EAST OF TRENTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... OLD BRIDGE...HOWELL...MARLBORO...MANALAPAN...TINTON FALLS... HOLMDEL...MATAWAN...JAMESBURG...HIGHTSTOWN...CRANBURY... ALLENTOWN...FARMINGDALE...ROOSEVELT...TWIN RIVERS...CLARKSBURG... YORKETOWN...COLLINGWOOD PARK...IMLAYSTOWN...EAST FREEHOLD AND VISTA CENTER.
* AFFECTED AREAS: BURLINGTON ... MERCER ... MIDDLESEX ... MONMOUTH ... OCEAN
Instructions:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO IS NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...IF ONE IS SPOTTED... ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE... SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
Address/Location
Harvey Cedars Police Department
7606 Long Beach Blvd
Harvey Cedars, NJ 08008
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 609-494-6509
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP HCPOLICE followed by your message, to 888777
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