New Jersey Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/20/2026 15:27

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 20 at 6:27PM EDT until May 20 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 20, 2026 - 3:27pm
Expires: 
May 20, 2026 - 4:00pm
Description: 
At 626 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Edison, or near Perth Amboy, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. Locations impacted include... New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Somerville, Sandy Hook, Somerset, Edison, Middletown, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret, Madison, Middlesex, Bound Brook, Manville, Chatham, Matawan, Highlands, and Mendham.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Middlesex, NJ; Monmouth, NJ; Morris, NJ; Somerset, NJ
Forcast Office: 
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov