Special Weather Statement Just Issued for Northeastern NJ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1119 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

NJZ006-104-106>108-NYZ072-074-075-176-291615-
EASTERN BERGEN-EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN UNION-HUDSON-KINGS
(BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-NORTHERN QUEENS-RICHMOND (STATEN
IS.)-WESTERN UNION-
1119 AM EDT THU SEP 29 2011

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT HUDSON...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW
YORK (MANHATTAN)...QUEENS...RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)...SOUTHEASTERN
ESSEX...SOUTHERN BERGEN AND UNION COUNTIES...

AT 1114 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NORTH BRUNSWICK
TOWNSHIP...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND WINDS UP TO 40
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES AN HOUR...IS
OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 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.

LAT...LON 4063 7419 4059 7421 4059 7445 4071 7425
4088 7406 4077 7394 4071 7397 4077 7393
4070 7386 4066 7385 4058 7400 4064 7404
4071 7398 4069 7404 4059 7405 4050 7422
4050 7424

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NV