Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 4:21PM EDT until August 8 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Upton NY
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 8, 2026 - 1:21pm
Expires:
August 8, 2026 - 2:00pm
Description:
SVROKX
The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Queens County in southeastern New York...
Kings County in southeastern New York...
Nassau County in southeastern New York...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 421 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rockaway
Beach, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near...
Woodmere and Kennedy Airport around 425 PM EDT.
Valley Stream and Lynbrook around 430 PM EDT.
Elmont and Oceanside around 435 PM EDT.
Freeport and Garden City around 440 PM EDT.
Mineola around 445 PM EDT.
Levittown and Westbury around 450 PM EDT.
Instruction:
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 this storm. 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.
Area Description:
Kings, NY; Nassau, NY; Queens, NY
Forcast Office:
NWS Upton NY
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov