Tornado warning canceled in New Jersey
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People in the warning area are urged to seek immediate shelter inside a sturdy building and to stay away from windows in case a tornado touches down.
Wednesday brings more late-day storms to our unsettled week. And with those storms, we are once again keeping an eye on our chances for severe weather, including damaging wind, hail, and flooding. A tornado warning has been issued for parts of Atlantic and Ocean counties in New Jersey until 11:30 p.
A severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 16 miles west of Toms River, moving east at 20 mph. Radar indicates rotation.
The intense thunderstorm may have looked and sounded like a tornado, but that's not what happened, according to forecasters who examined the damage.
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Flood warnings continue in some areas Thursday after another round of severe weather moved through the region on Wednesday night, triggering heavy rain and flash flooding. Some drivers had to be rescued from the floodwaters.
A deadly storm with winds topping 60 mph tore through central New Jersey on Thursday night, forcing one town to cancel its Fourth of July celebrations.
"We have a frontal system that will make its approach tomorrow with also remnants of what is right now Tropical Storm Chantal. The moisture from that system will progressively make its way up there," Wunsch said.
Three people were killed when severe thunderstorms swept through Plainfield, N.J. on Thursday night, officials say.