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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for New Castle, DE; Gloucester, NJ; Salem, NJ +1 more

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At 512 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pike Creek, or near Newark, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Newark, Chester, Pennsville, Carneys Point,...

What the bulletin says to do

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for northern Delaware...southern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

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At 512 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pike Creek, or near Newark, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. Locations impacted include... Wilmington, Newark, Chester, Pennsville, Carneys Point, Elsmere, Paulsboro, New Castle, Penns Grove, Woodstown, Swedesboro, Newport, Arden, Stanton, North Star, Talleyville, Wilmington Manor, Pike Creek, Beckett, and Greenville. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 2. Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 5, and between mile markers 11 and 12. Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 3 and 23. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 17.

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  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 5:13PM EDT until July 21 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

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  2. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 4:43PM EDT until July 21 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Mount Holly NJ. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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