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Strong Thunderstorms Slamming Long Island; 10K Without Power
Strong thunderstorms with frequent cloud to ground lightning are in the area. See wild photos of lightning strikes.
UPDATE 9:45 p.m.: More than 10,000 PSEG Long Island customers have lost power. See the outage map here.
The National Weather Service has issued a special weather statement for Long Island.
At 8:01 p.m., radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Freeport to Lindenhurst. They were moving east at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.
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These storms will be near...
- Lindenhurst and Farmingdale around 805 PM EDT.
- Deer Park around 810 PM EDT.
- Babylon around 815 PM EDT.
- Brentwood and Bay Shore around 825 PM EDT.
- Islip and Robert Moses State Park around 830 PM EDT.
- Sayville and Gilgo State Park around 845 PM EDT.
- Middle Island around 850 PM EDT.
- Yaphank around 855 PM EDT.
- Shirley around 905 PM EDT.
- Brookhaven National Laboratory around 910 PM EDT.
- Mastic and Mastic Beach around 915 PM EDT.
- Manorville and Wading River around 925 PM EDT.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.
A flash flood warning has been issued for parts of the South Shore.
Holy lightning in Plainview Courtesy Adil Borluca @News12LI pic.twitter.com/YzN698BIId
— jamie stuart (@N12jamiestuart) August 8, 2018
Flooding at the intersections of Wantagh Ave at Sunrise Hwy, Merrick Rd at Long Beach Road, Merrick Road at Carman Mill Rd, Merrick at Mill Rd. Avoid these areas.
— Nassau Traffic Mgmt (@NassauCountyTMC) August 8, 2018
@StormTeam4NY lightning over Long Island pic.twitter.com/qSnTbjn4RI
— Jon (@jstesq) August 8, 2018
INCREDIBLE photo taken by Eric Devine this evening from the Amityville FD HQ... intense thunderstorms still rolling across Nassau/Suffolk counties #NYwx #LIwx #LongIsland #LIweather #LINY @News12LI pic.twitter.com/Hkgu7FaLR9
— Pat Cavlin (@pcavlin) August 8, 2018
@News12LI lightning hit a transformer and caught fire in North Baldwin pic.twitter.com/695ltLdWkU
— Tyler (@riggs233) August 8, 2018
SELDEN Tree into house people trapped. Requesting more manpower , Requesting technical rescue teams confirmed entrapment with structural compromise
— LI Fire Buff (@LIFireBuff) August 8, 2018
Well, this is pretty cool pic.twitter.com/uBojkJpYrK
— Erik Hinton (@erikhinton) August 7, 2018
@JimCantore @weatherchannel nyc lightning strike #nyc #StatenIsland pic.twitter.com/RUR21hutxZ
— Danielle D (@xdreem1979) August 7, 2018
Incredible lighning display over Queens and Brooklyn. #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/HonToIyXVg
— Lee Goldberg (@LeeGoldbergABC7) August 7, 2018
Lightning over Brooklyn. #nyc pic.twitter.com/E3xuZjOYKX
— Kristin (@zinketoo) August 7, 2018
@NY1 this flooding in Queens is no joke #thunderstorm #flooding #63rddrive pic.twitter.com/oGPngAztmT
— Nicole Bermeo (@nicksb24b) August 8, 2018
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tried to go to a free Billy Joel tribute show. it ended early because of lightning and there were drunk people in the street raging because they just wanted Billy Joel. i have never felt more Long Island in my life.
— Queen Bee (@_thekatemurphy) August 8, 2018
Main photo taken by Billie Rose Langon in Melville
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