Full Notification

SVROKX The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Westchester County in southeastern New York... Queens County in southeastern New York... Bronx County in southeastern New York... Kings County in southeastern New York... New York (Manhattan) County in southeastern New York...

* Until 915 PM EDT.

* At 816 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Greenwood Lake to near East Hanover to Edison, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... The Verrazano Narrows Bridge and Bay Ridge around 840 PM EDT. Coney Island and Midtown Manhattan around 845 PM EDT. Flatbush and Mott Haven around 850 PM EDT. Yonkers and East Tremont around 855 PM EDT. Flushing and Throgs Neck Bridge around 900 PM EDT. Jamaica and New Rochelle around 905 PM EDT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BRONX, NY ... KINGS, NY ... NEW YORK, NY ... QUEENS, NY ... WESTCHESTER, NY

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.