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...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL FAIRFIELD...NORTHWESTERN NEW HAVEN...PASSAIC... NORTHWESTERN UNION...BERGEN...ESSEX...WESTCHESTER...ORANGE...PUTNAM AND ROCKLAND COUNTIES...

AT 437 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LAKE CARMEL TO NEAR WEST POINT TO VICTORY GARDENS TO WASHINGTON TO NEAR COFFEETOWN, MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS. HAZARD...80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...THE NEW YORK STATE MESONET SITE AT BEACON REPORTED WINDS OF 78 MPH AT 420 PM. IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... YONKERS, PATERSON, STAMFORD, WATERBURY, DANBURY, PASSAIC, WHITE PLAINS, WAYNE, BLOOMFIELD, HACKENSACK, SHELTON, NEW CITY, NAUGATUCK, ORANGE AND NEWBURGH.

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PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE. CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS 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. && TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL...0.75IN WIND...80MPH