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Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management
Wednesday August 7th, 2019 :: 04:01 p.m. EDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 04:45PM

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

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

* Until 445 PM EDT.

* At 359 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Brownville, or 7 miles south of Perth Amboy, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.

* Locations impacted include... Perth Amboy, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Sayreville, Carteret, Keansburg, Matawan, Jamesburg, Brownville, Robertsville, Clearbrook Park, Yorketown, Whittingham, Morganville, Woodbridge, South River, Spotswood, Keyport, Helmetta and Englishtown. This includes Garden State Parkway between mile markers 115 and 130.

* 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 this storm. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

Address/Location
Monroe Township Office of Emergency Management
3 Municipal Plaza
Monroe Township, NJ 08831

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 732-521-0222

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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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