Evening weather update: storms, high winds, heavy rain

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
444 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

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BRONX-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-NORTHERN
NASSAU-NORTHERN QUEENS-RICHMOND (STATEN IS.)-SOUTHERN NASSAU-SOUTHERN
QUEENS-
444 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRONX...HUDSON...KINGS
(BROOKLYN)...NASSAU...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...QUEENS AND RICHMOND
(STATEN ISLAND) COUNTIES...

AT 441 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WHITESTONE TO
MATAWAN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THROGS NECK BRIDGE TO OLD
BRIDGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR GREAT NECK BY 450 PM.
  NEAR LITTLE NECK BY 455 PM.
  NEAR SHEEPSHEAD BAY BY 500 PM.
  NEAR ROCKAWAY BEACH BY 510 PM.
  NEAR ELMONT BY 515 PM.
  NEAR VALLEY STREAM BY 520 PM.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES AN HOUR...IS
OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE
TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.