Severe Thunderstorm Warning — Morris County, New Jersey

⛈️ Active: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 7 at 5:32PM EDT until August 7 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ

At 532 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Butler to Summit to near Society Hill to near Mercerville-Hamilton Square, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. This line of storms has a history of producing wind damage. SOURCE...Law enforcement. IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible. Locations impacted include... New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Morristown, Somerville, Somerset, Edison, Old Bridge, East Brunswick, South Brunswick, Sayreville, North Brunswick, Carteret, Dover, Madison, Middlesex, Princeton, Florham Park, East Hanover, Lincoln Park, and Bound Brook. This includes the following highways... New Jersey Turnpike between exits 10 and 12. Interstate 78 in New Jersey between mile markers 33 and 42. Interstate 80 in New Jersey between mile markers 34 and 47. Interstate 287 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 18, and between mile markers 25 and 54. Garden State Parkway between mile markers 119 and 133.

Effective August 7, 2026 at 5:32 PM ET · Expires August 7, 2026 at 5:45 PM ET

📋 Official NWS Guidance

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.