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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service New York NY
628 PM EDT Sun Aug 18 2024

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Passaic County in northeastern New Jersey...
  Union County in northeastern New Jersey...
  Northwestern Bergen County in northeastern New Jersey...
  Essex County in northeastern New Jersey...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 628 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Fairfield to North Brunswick Township, moving
  northeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Locations impacted include...
  Paterson, Elizabeth, Wayne, Plainfield, Bloomfield, Linden, Orange,
  Ridgewood, Summit, Millburn, Pompton Lakes, Caldwell, Hawthorne,
  Clark, and Fairfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are 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.

&&

LAT...LON 4061 7431 4059 7446 4067 7440 4065 7445
      4067 7446 4076 7436 4076 7438 4079 7437
      4082 7433 4086 7432 4090 7434 4090 7427
      4093 7429 4097 7428 4100 7430 4100 7431
      4108 7408 4060 7421 4059 7429
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 243DEG 14KT 4091 7435 4047 7447 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

JM