Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued For Parts Of Long Island

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Nassau County and western Suffolk County. See the details below.

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Westchester County in southeastern New York...
Queens County in southeastern New York...
Bronx County in southeastern New York...
Western Suffolk County in southeastern New York...
Kings County in southeastern New York...
Nassau County in southeastern New York...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 418 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Riverdale to Flushing to Coney Island, moving
east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. A tornado is also possible.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Jamaica and New Rochelle around 425 PM EDT.
Valley Stream and Elmont around 430 PM EDT.
Garden City and Mineola around 435 PM EDT.
Glen Cove and Woodmere around 440 PM EDT.
Long Beach and Lynbrook around 445 PM EDT.
Levittown and Plainview around 450 PM EDT.
Freeport and Massapequa around 455 PM EDT.
Huntington Station and Deer Park around 500 PM EDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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