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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

NWS has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for our area



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON NY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  SOUTHERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
  QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
  KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THE STORM WAS NEAR GARWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 25
  MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...AND DAMAGING
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LINDEN AND UNION AROUND 830 PM EDT...
  ELIZABETH AROUND 835 PM EDT...
  NEWARK AROUND 840 PM EDT...
  BAYONNE AND PORT RICHMOND AROUND 845 PM EDT...
  TOMPKINSVILLE AROUND 850 PM EDT...
  BAY RIDGE AND VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE AROUND 855 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...WHICH
COULD FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS QUICKLY AND COVER ROADS WITH WATER. DO
NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NEARLY CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. WHEN THUNDER ROARS...MOVE INDOORS! REMEMBER...IF
YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGE. MOVE INSIDE A PERMANENT BUILDING
NOW TO BE SAFE FROM STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL.

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