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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 1159 AM EDT WED JUN 3 2020 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HUNTERDON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY... NORTHWESTERN CAMDEN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... MERCER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHERN SOMERSET COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... SOUTHWESTERN MONMOUTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY... MIDDLESEX COUNTY IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY... MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... BUCKS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NORTHEASTERN CHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... PHILADELPHIA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... CENTRAL DELAWARE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA... * UNTIL 1245 PM EDT. * AT 1157 AM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR FERNDALE TO NEAR TRAPPE TO NEAR HONEY BROOK, MOVING EAST AT 90 MPH. THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS. READING AIRPORT MEASURED AN EARLIER WIND GUST OF 83 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PHILADELPHIA, TRENTON, CAMDEN, NEW BRUNSWICK, WEST CHESTER, GLOUCESTER CITY, SOMERSET, CHERRY HILL, OLD BRIDGE, BENSALEM, EAST BRUNSWICK, EVESHAM, SOUTH BRUNSWICK, SAYREVILLE, MOUNT LAUREL, NORTH BRUNSWICK, EWING, NORRISTOWN, WILLINGBORO AND MEDFORD. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... GARDEN STATE PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 123 AND 126. INTERSTATE 195 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 14. INTERSTATE 295 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 32 AND 76. INTERSTATE 95 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 40. NEW JERSEY TURNPIKE BETWEEN EXITS 4 AND 10. INTERSTATE 476 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 4 AND 19. PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE BETWEEN EXITS 312 AND 353. NORTHEAST EXTENSION BETWEEN EXITS A20 AND A31. INTERSTATE 676 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 4. INTERSTATE 676 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 1. INTERSTATE 76 IN NEW JERSEY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 3. INTERSTATE 76 IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 327 AND 351. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PROTECTING YOURSELF FROM IMMEDIATE THREATS TO LIFE AND SAFETY SHALL TAKE PRIORITY. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT CAUSE GREATER HARM, ALL COVID-19 PROTECTIVE ACTION GUIDANCE SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM, AND THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE BEACHES. FOR YOUR SAFETY, IMMEDIATELY MOVE OFF THE BEACH AND SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. $$