Special Weather Statement Issued for Suffolk County

The National Weather Service issued the following special weather statement for Suffolk County at 2:40 p.m.:

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SUFFOLK COUNTY...

AT 238 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GILGO-OAK BEACH-CAPTREE...OR NEAR BABYLON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... GREAT RIVER...NORTH GREAT RIVER AND FIRE ISLAND AROUND 245 PM EDT.

RONKONKOMA...HAUPPAUGE...SAYVILLE...HOLBROOK AND DAVIS PARK AROUND 250 PM EDT.

PATCHOGUE...MEDFORD...GORDON HEIGHTS AND FARMINGVILLE AROUND 255 PM EDT.

SHIRLEY...CENTER MORICHES...MIDDLE ISLAND...BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY...MASTIC...YAPHANK...MORICHES AND MASTIC BEACH AROUND 300 PM EDT.

MANORVILLE...WESTHAMPTON...WADING RIVER...EASTPORT AND EAST SHOREHAM AROUND 305 PM EDT.

RIVERHEAD...NORTHAMPTON...CALVERTON AND BAITING HOLLOW AROUND 310 PM EDT.

MATTITUCK...PECONIC AND NEW SUFFOLK AROUND 320 PM EDT.

SOUTHOLD...SAG HARBOR...SHELTER ISLAND...GREENPORT...SHELTER ISLAND HEIGHTS...GREENPORT WEST...NOYACK...NORTHWEST HARBOR AND WAINSCOTT AROUND 325 PM EDT.

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