New Jersey, Pennsylvania Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/20/2026 13:43

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 20 at 4:43PM EDT until May 20 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 20, 2026 - 1:43pm
Expires: 
May 20, 2026 - 2:30pm
Description: 
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Hunterdon County in northwestern New Jersey... Southwestern Warren County in northwestern New Jersey... Northeastern Berks County in eastern Pennsylvania... Lehigh County in eastern Pennsylvania... Northwestern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania... Southern Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 442 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Coffeetown, or 7 miles west of Allentown, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. * Locations impacted include... Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Forks, Emmaus, Northampton, Quakertown, Byram, Wilson, Bedminster, Hellertown, Nazareth, Kutztown, Slatington, Tinicum, Bath, Harmony, Alpha, Walnutport, and Topton.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Hunterdon, NJ; Warren, NJ; Berks, PA; Bucks, PA; Lehigh, PA; Northampton, PA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov