New Jersey Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 08/11/2026 14:21

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 5:21PM EDT until August 11 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
August 11, 2026 - 2:21pm
Expires: 
August 11, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description: 
SVRPHI The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Sussex County in northwestern New Jersey... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 521 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Highland Lake, or 7 miles northwest of West Milford, moving southeast at 15 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... Sussex, Highland Lake, and Vernon Valley.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. In addition to hail and damaging winds, frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description: 
Sussex, NJ
Forcast Office: 
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov