The National Weather Service issued an updated severe thunderstorm warning at 4:54 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until 5:30 p.m. for Bucks County.
Residents should be prepared for wind gusts of up to 60 mph.
“At 4:54 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was located over Lawrenceville, or 7 miles northeast of Trenton, moving east at 10 mph,” states the weather service. “Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.”
Locations impacted by the warning include Trenton, South Brunswick, Ewing, Princeton, Hightstown, Cranbury, Pennington, New Hope, Yardley, Hopewell, Rocky Hill, Washington Crossing, Princeton Meadows, Windsor, Kingston, Dayton, Plainsboro Center, Woodside, Edinburg and Kendall Park. This includes the following highways: New Jersey Turnpike near exit 8A. Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 64 and 76.
The weather service states, “For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.”
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