NEW JERSEY: Tornado Watch Includes Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex Counties Until 7 PM
The National Weather Service says Tornado Watch 705 remains in effect until 7 PM Thursday for eight New Jersey counties, including Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex. Stay alert for warnings and avoid flooded roads.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 7 PM Thursday, November 12, for Ocean, Monmouth, Middlesex and five other New Jersey counties, according to the National Weather Service in Mount Holly.
The weather service's 3:27 PM continuation lists Burlington, Camden, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Somerset counties. Tornado Watch 705 also covers Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties in southeastern Pennsylvania.
A watch means conditions are favorable for tornadoes to develop. It is not a report that a tornado has been confirmed. Residents should keep weather alerts enabled, know where to shelter and be ready to act if a warning is issued.
The weather service also issued a separate flash flood warning at 3:57 PM for southeastern Mercer, southwestern Monmouth and northern Burlington counties, along with southeastern Bucks County in Pennsylvania. That warning is in effect until 8 PM.
Do not drive through flooded roads. If a tornado warning is issued for your area, move to a basement or a small interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy building, away from windows.
Weather alerts can change quickly. Check the National Weather Service for the latest warning coverage and instructions.