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Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Middlesex, NJ

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What you need to know

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Middlesex
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Severe
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Observed

What is happening

At 718 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Colonia, or near Plainfield, moving south 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...

What the bulletin says to do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Full official description

Bulletin details

At 718 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Colonia, or near Plainfield, moving south 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... New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Edison, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Sayreville, Carteret, Matawan, Colonia, Woodbridge, South River, Metuchen, Spotswood, Helmetta, Madison Park, Iselin, Sewaren, Port Reading, Fords, and Avenel. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 13. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 4. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 121 and 134.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 1 at 7:19PM EDT until September 1 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 1 at 6:52PM EDT until September 1 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

    Official revision

Source and limitations

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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