Overview
- The National Weather Service issued the alert at 11:06 a.m. Thursday with the strongest gusts forecast through early afternoon.
- Seven northern New Jersey counties are included: Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex and Mercer.
- Nine southern New Jersey counties are included: Monmouth, Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Ocean, Cumberland, Atlantic and Cape May.
- The brief surge of 40–45 mph winds is tracking from the southern Poconos and Lehigh Valley through Philadelphia and into Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore.
- The advisory highlights a short window of potential travel impacts and urges preparation for rapidly changing road conditions.