Six counties in New Jersey have been placed under a severe thunderstorm watch Tuesday because of the threat of strong storms that could produce large hail, heavy downpours and damaging wind gusts of 60 mph or stronger.

A severe thunderstorm watch was released by the NWS Fort Worth TX on Tuesday at 9:53 a.m. in effect until 4 p.m. The watch is for Collin, Denton, Anderson, Freestone, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman,

The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch at 1:06 p.m. on Tuesday in effect until 8 p.m. for Bradford, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties.