LI Weather: Severe Thunderstorm Warning; 60 MPH Winds Possible

UPDATE 9:45 p.m.: There are more than 11,000 PSEG Long Island customers without power. See the outage map here.

UPDATE 8:50 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Nassau County and western Suffolk County. It's in effect until 9:45 p.m. Sunday.

Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Long Beach and Newtown around 855 PM EST.
Freeport and Jones Beach around 900 PM EST.
Massapequa and Southbury around 905 PM EST.
Waterbury and Lindenhurst around 910 PM EST.
Islip and Brentwood around 915 PM EST.
Ronkonkoma and Sayville around 920 PM EST.
Patchogue and Holbrook around 925 PM EST.
Shirley and Medford around 930 PM EST.
Manorville and Center Moriches around 935 PM EST.
Calverton around 940 PM EST.

UPDATE 8:30 p.m.: A severe thunderstorm watch is now effect for all of Long Island until 2 a.m. Monday.

The National Weather Service has issued the following special weather statement for Long Island:

A line of showers and scattered thunderstorms will move across the region along a strong cold front this evening. The line will move through areas north and west of New York City between 6 and 8 pm, areas along the Hudson River and New York City metro between 7 and 9 pm, and across Long Island and southern Connecticut between 9 and 11 pm. There is potential for damaging wind gusts in excess of 58 mph with the line of showers and scattered thunderstorms. These winds could bring down trees and power lines.