THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY TO THE MOUTH OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY NEW YORK HARBOR PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM

A Marine Weather Statement has been issued for the following areas. Long Island Sound West of New Haven CT / Port Jefferson NY. At 1032 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a couple of areas of strong thunderstorms, capable of producing winds to around 30 knots. These thunderstorms were located near Larchmont and extend westward into northeastern New Jersey. The storms are moving east at 30 knots.

* WHAT. Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and seas 3 to 5 feet. * WHERE. Sandy Hook NJ to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm. * WHEN. Until 6 AM EDT Thursday. * IMPACTS. Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

* WHAT. Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE. Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. * WHEN. Through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS. Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT LITCHFIELD IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK DUTCHESS ULSTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARLINGTON, BEACON, KINGSTON, NEW PALTZ, POUGHKEEPSIE, AND TORRINGTON.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT HARTFORD TOLLAND WINDHAM THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD, PUTNAM, UNION, VERNON, AND WILLIMANTIC.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 REMAINS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT LITCHFIELD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF TORRINGTON.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 REMAINS VALID UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT HARTFORD TOLLAND WINDHAM THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF HARTFORD, PUTNAM, UNION, VERNON, AND WILLIMANTIC.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 469 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT FAIRFIELD MIDDLESEX NEW HAVEN NEW LONDON IN NEW JERSEY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY BERGEN ESSEX HUDSON PASSAIC UNION IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK BRONX KINGS (BROOKLYN) NASSAU NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) ORANGE PUTNAM QUEENS RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) ROCKLAND SUFFOLK WESTCHESTER