Full Notification

SVROKX The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Hudson County in northeastern New Jersey... Union County in northeastern New Jersey... Essex County in northeastern New Jersey... Queens County in southeastern New York... Richmond County in southeastern New York... Kings County in southeastern New York... New York (Manhattan) County in southeastern New York... Southwestern Nassau County in southeastern New York...

* Until 400 PM EDT.

* At 317 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Fairfield to near Florham Park to Peapack And Gladstone, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Bloomfield and Orange around 325 PM EDT. Plainfield and Harrison around 330 PM EDT. Newark and Secaucus around 335 PM EDT. Jersey City and Elizabeth around 340 PM EDT. Bayonne and Midtown Manhattan around 345 PM EDT. Todt Hill around 350 PM EDT.

* AFFECTED AREAS: ESSEX, NJ ... HUDSON, NJ ... UNION, NJ ... KINGS, NY ... NASSAU, NY ... NEW YORK, NY ... QUEENS, NY ... RICHMOND, NY

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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 minor urban and poor drainage flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.