[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : OKX@ 8/3/2007 10:57:26 PM

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NJZ005-006-NYZ072-073-075>077-040400-
BRONX-ESSEX-HUDSON-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NASSAU-NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN)-QUEENS-
1056 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL NASSAU...HUDSON...
KINGS...NEW YORK...QUEENS...SOUTHERN BRONX AND SOUTHERN ESSEX
COUNTIES...

AT 1052 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MANHASSET TO MOTT
HAVEN TO ORANGE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GREAT NECK TO MOTT
HAVEN TO ORANGE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR UNION CITY BY 1105 PM.
  NEAR WHITESTONE BY 1110 PM.
  NEAR BROOKVILLE BY 1115 PM.
  NEAR WESTBURY BY 1120 PM.
  NEAR HICKSVILLE BY 1125 PM.
  NEAR MINEOLA BY 1130 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 TO 2 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.

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