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Township of Moorestown Police Department
Wednesday September 4th, 2019 :: 06:06 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:45PM

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Camden County in southern New Jersey... North central Gloucester County in southern New Jersey... West central Burlington County in southern New Jersey... South central Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania... East central Chester County in southeastern Pennsylvania... Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania... Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 602 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Newtown Square, or 11 miles east of West Chester, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include... Philadelphia, Camden, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill, Mount Laurel, Chester, Deptford, Voorhees, West Deptford, Glassboro, Lindenwold, Bellmawr, Yeadon, Woodbury, Pitman, Conshohocken, Palmyra, Folcroft, Swarthmore and Paulsboro. This includes the following highways... Atlantic City Expressway between mile markers 42 and 44. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 16 and 43. Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 6 and 29. New Jersey Turnpike between exits 3 and 4.

* AFFECTED AREAS: CAMDEN, NJ ... PHILADELPHIA, PA ... MONTGOMERY, PA ... BURLINGTON, NJ ... CHESTER, PA ... GLOUCESTER, NJ ... DELAWARE, PA

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 this storm. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Address/Location
Township of Moorestown Police Department
1245 N Church St
Moorestown, NJ 08057

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 856-234-8300

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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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