New Jersey, New York Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/20/2026 15:07

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 20 at 6:07PM EDT until May 20 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Upton NY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 20, 2026 - 3:07pm
Expires: 
May 20, 2026 - 4:00pm
Description: 
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... Southern Essex County in northeastern New Jersey... Richmond County in southeastern New York... Kings County in southeastern New York... New York (Manhattan) County in southeastern New York... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 607 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Peapack And Gladstone to Somerset to near Plainsboro Center, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Plainfield around 620 PM EDT. Summit and Tottenville around 630 PM EDT. Linden and Millburn around 635 PM EDT. Elizabeth and Todt Hill around 640 PM EDT. Port Richmond around 645 PM EDT. Newark and Bayonne around 650 PM EDT. Coney Island and Bay Ridge around 655 PM EDT.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Area Description: 
Essex, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Union, NJ; Kings, NY; New York, NY; Richmond, NY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Upton NY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov