- Special Weather Statement for Bronx County, New York
- Special Weather Statement issued June 18 at 1:55PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 1:55 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 2:30 p.m.
...DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BRONX...CENTRAL BERGEN AND
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 150 PM EDT...SATELLITE IMAGERY AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING
NEAR BERGENFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
PEOPLE IN BRONX...CENTRAL BERGEN AND SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...
INCLUDING BERGENFIELD...ENGLEWOOD...ORADELL...HACKENSACK...FORT
LEE...RIVERDALE...YONKERS AND NORWOOD...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER THREATEN.
SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.
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.