Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 5:13PM EDT until July 21 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 21, 2026 - 2:13pm
Expires:
July 21, 2026 - 2:30pm
Description:
At 512 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pike Creek, or
near Newark, moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Wilmington, Newark, Chester, Pennsville, Carneys Point, Elsmere,
Paulsboro, New Castle, Penns Grove, Woodstown, Swedesboro, Newport,
Arden, Stanton, North Star, Talleyville, Wilmington Manor, Pike
Creek, Beckett, and Greenville.
This includes the following highways...
New Jersey Turnpike between exits 1 and 2.
Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania between mile markers 0 and 5, and
between mile markers 11 and 12.
Interstate 95 in Delaware between mile markers 3 and 23.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 0 and 17.
Instruction:
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for northern
Delaware...southern New Jersey...and southeastern Pennsylvania.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Area Description:
New Castle, DE; Gloucester, NJ; Salem, NJ; Delaware, PA
Forcast Office:
NWS Mount Holly NJ
Sender: