Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 8:28PM EDT until July 3 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 3, 2026 - 5:28pm
Expires:
July 3, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description:
At 827 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Marlboro, or 14
miles south of Perth Amboy, moving east at 60 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. Wind damage has occurred with these
storms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
New Brunswick, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Sandy Hook, Somerset,
Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Sayreville,
North Brunswick, Marlboro, Manalapan, Tinton Falls, Holmdel,
Princeton, Red Bank, Keansburg, Matawan, and Jamesburg.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 8A and 10.
Garden State Parkway between mile markers 102 and 124.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move
indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers.
Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck
by lightning.
Area Description:
Mercer, NJ; Middlesex, NJ; Monmouth, NJ; Somerset, NJ
Forcast Office:
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender: