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New Brunswick Police Department
Wednesday August 7th, 2019 :: 02:32 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 03:15PM

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Monmouth County in central New Jersey... Eastern Middlesex County in northern New Jersey...

* Until 315 PM EDT.

* At 230 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Edison to Old Bridge, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include... New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Sandy Hook, Edison, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Sayreville, Marlboro, Carteret, Tinton Falls, Holmdel, Red Bank, Keansburg, Matawan, Highlands, Colonia, Brownville, Robertsville and Yorketown. This includes the following highways... Garden State Parkway between mile markers 109 and 134. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 4.

* AFFECTED AREAS: MIDDLESEX, NJ ... MONMOUTH, 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 these storms. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Address/Location
New Brunswick Police Department
25 Kirkpatrick St
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 732-745-5200

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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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