Watches and Warnings
Mahopac Falls Forecast...STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BERGEN...HUDSON...NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN)...NORTHERN ESSEX...PASSAIC...PUTNAM...ROCKLAND AND
WESTCHESTER COUNTIES...
AT 329 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HACKENSACK...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION...VERY
HEAVY RAIN...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO HALF AN INCH 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.