After a week of increasingly hot days, could a thunderstorm warning be too far behind? Well, here it is.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for our area.

Details are these:

• Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
  Northwestern Camden County in southern New Jersey…
  Southwestern Mercer County in central New Jersey…
  North central Gloucester County in southern New Jersey…
  Northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey…
  Southeastern Montgomery County in southeastern Pennsylvania…
  Southeastern Bucks County in southeastern Pennsylvania…
  Philadelphia County in southeastern Pennsylvania…
  Northeastern Delaware County in southeastern Pennsylvania…
• Until 215 PM EDT.
• At 129 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Philadelphia,
  moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE…Radar indicated. IMPACT…Damage to roofs, siding, trees, and power lines is possible.
• Locations impacted include…
  Philadelphia, Trenton, Camden, Gloucester City, Cherry Hill,
  Bensalem, Mount Laurel, Ewing, Willingboro, Lindenwold, Florence,
  Bellmawr, Yeadon, Woodbury, Burlington, Bristol, Riverside,
  Palmyra, Hatboro and Jenkintown.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 195 in New Jersey near mile marker 0.
Interstate 295 in New Jersey between mile markers 24 and 51, and
between mile markers 58 and 60.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.