New Jersey Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 09/01/2026 17:28

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 1 at 8:28PM EDT until September 1 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
September 1, 2026 - 5:28pm
Expires: 
September 1, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description: 
At 828 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Cream Ridge to Cedar Glen West to Mantoloking, moving south at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Wind damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. Locations impacted include... Toms River, Lakewood, Jackson, Howell, South Brunswick, Manalapan, Princeton, Beachwood, Jamesburg, Manasquan, Hightstown, Point Pleasant Beach, Cranbury, Seaside Heights, Lakehurst, Allentown, Farmingdale, Roosevelt, Mantoloking, and Allenwood. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 8 and 9. Interstate 195 in New Jersey between mile markers 4 and 34. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 76 and 101.
Instruction: 
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. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Burlington, NJ; Mercer, NJ; Middlesex, NJ; Monmouth, NJ; Ocean, NJ
Forcast Office: 
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov