Severe Weather Warning 6-29-06

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Severe Weather Alert

Special Weather Statement

NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD- SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN-EASTERN PASSAIC- ESSEX- HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM- ROCKLAND-NORTHERN WESTCHESTER- SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS- NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- 703 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING..

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA...THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY... SOUTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN LONG ISLAND IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY MOVED ACROSS ORANGE AND PUTNAM COUNTIES EARLY THIS MORNING...AND AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL SPARK MORE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. SOME SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE COMBINATION OF WET GROUND...STRONG WINDS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FALLING TREES OR POWER LINES.