Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 5:55PM EDT until October 16 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
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At 555 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Clinton, or 15 miles southeast of Easton, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. Locations impacted include... Somerville, Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Manville, Flemington, Clinton, Lebanon, Millstone, Flagtown, Cloverhill, Martinsville, White House Station, Raritan, and South Bound Brook. This includes the following highways... Interstate 78 in New Jersey near mile marker 16, and between mile markers 26 and 36. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 12 and 22. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This severe thunderstorm may contain little or no lightning. Do not wait until you hear thunder before taking cover.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NJ, US
- Severity
- Severe
- area
- Hunterdon, NJ; Somerset, NJ
- event
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- onset
- 2026-10-16T17:55:00-04:00
- states
- ["NJ"]
- urgency
- Immediate
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-16T17:55:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.59b6860880547ee963077bfe5ab8e7b78d262809.002.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9f349a202303b190e575f84858cc991c79a050c2.001.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7a27c7a4dffd8cc2a2fdbbc81277413b95903f75.002.1"]
- instruction
- For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. This severe thunderstorm may contain little or no lightning. Do not wait until you hear thunder before taking cover.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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