New Jersey Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/04/2026 19:01

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 10:01PM EDT until July 4 at 10:45PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 4, 2026 - 7:01pm
Expires: 
July 4, 2026 - 7:45pm
Description: 
At 1001 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Vista Center to Old Halfway to near Tuckerton, moving east at 55 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. Strong to damaging winds can occur ahead of any rain associated with a gust front. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. Locations impacted include... Toms River, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Lakewood, Jackson, Howell, Barnegat, Tinton Falls, Red Bank, Beachwood, Manasquan, Point Pleasant Beach, Egg Harbor City, Tuckerton, Presidential Lakes Estates, Seaside Heights, Lakehurst, Pemberton, Farmingdale, and Surf City. This includes the following highways... Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 11 and 34. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 43 and 110.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. 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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Atlantic, NJ; Burlington, NJ; Monmouth, NJ; Ocean, NJ
Forcast Office: 
NWS Mount Holly NJ