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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1120 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

CTZ005-006-009-NYZ071>073-075-176-177-131615-
BRONX-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-NORTHERN
FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NASSAU-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN QUEENS-SOUTHERN
FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-
1120 AM EDT THU JUN 13 2013

...STRONG SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT
BRONX...CENTRAL NEW HAVEN...FAIRFIELD...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN)...NORTHWESTERN NASSAU...QUEENS AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER
COUNTIES...

AT 1118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM BRONXVILLE TO LONG ISLAND CITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEW ROCHELLE TO MIDTOWN MANHATTAN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL BE...
  NEAR WHITESTONE BY 1125 AM.
  NEAR PORT CHESTER BY 1130 AM.
  NEAR SANDS POINT BY 1135 AM.
  NEAR GLEN COVE BY 1140 AM.
  NEAR STAMFORD BY 1145 AM.
  NEAR NEW CANAAN BY 1150 AM.

GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN
ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE HALF OF AN
INCH AN HOUR...IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS COULD CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS... AND POSSIBLY 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 4095 7385 4149 7289 4131 7302 4131 7306
      4128 7308 4116 7312 4110 7334 4105 7340
      4099 7358 4101 7360 4097 7362 4099 7365
      4090 7375 4084 7376 4087 7373 4086 7367
      4091 7364 4092 7356 4091 7356 4063 7404

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