Tornado warning issued in N.J.
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EDT the National Weather Service released an updated tornado warning in effect until 5 p.m. EDT for Huron County.
This means that instead of receiving a tornado warning just 15 minutes before a storm strikes, residents could get up to two hours’ notice. The technology also allows for more targeted alerts, potentially narrowing warnings from entire regions to just one or two counties.
An updated tornado warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Tuesday at 5:52 p.m. in effect until 6:30 p.m. for Bucks, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.
The tornado warnings in Atlantic and Ocean counties in New Jersey are no longer in effect on Wednesday night. Earlier Wednesday, a tornado warning in New Castle County, Delaware, expired at around 9:15 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect across much of the Philadelphia region for Wednesday evening.
On Tuesday at 5:19 p.m. the National Weather Service released a tornado warning in effect until 5:45 p.m. for Bucks County.
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More than 60 miles away in Enderlin, North Dakota, a pair of tornadoes tore through the small town of fewer than 900 people, killing three residents.
More than 150 died when a twister tore through Joplin in 2011, making it the deadliest tornado in the last seven decades.
The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-0 tornado in western Medina County on the afternoon of July 7, according to the National Weather Service.
Chicago weather remains unsettled heading into the weekend, with a severe storm threat Friday evening that brings the possibility of tornadoes and flooding.