WFO PHILADELPHIA Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, August 7, 2026

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ

509 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT

FOR EASTERN HUNTERDON...MORRIS...SOUTHEASTERN SUSSEX...NORTHWESTERN

MERCER...SOMERSET...NORTH CENTRAL MONMOUTH...MIDDLESEX AND CENTRAL

BUCKS COUNTIES...

At 508 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line

extending from near Ogdensburg to Chester to near White House Station

to near New Hope, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. This line of storms

has a history of producing tree damage.

SOURCE...Law enforcement.

IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is

possible.

Locations impacted include...

New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Morristown, Somerville, Newton, Somerset,

Edison, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Bridgewater, South Brunswick,

Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret, Dover, Madison, Hopatcong,

Middlesex, Princeton, and Florham Park.

This includes the following highways...

New Jersey Turnpike between exits 9 and 12.

Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 19 and 42.

Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 23 and 47.

Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 54.

Garden State Parkway between mile markers 119 and 133.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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