What is happening
The areas affected include... Sandy Hook NJ to Moriches Inlet NY out 20 nm... New York Harbor... Long Island South Shore Bays... At 610 AM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms along a line extending from 23 nm NW of Pine Beach to 14 nm NW of Silverton to Sea Girt Reef, moving NE at 40 kt. knots. Thunderstorms will be near... The entrance to New York Harbor around 635 AM EST. Sandy Hook Bay and Raritan Bay around 645 AM EST. Sandy Hook around 650 AM EST. Lower New York Harbor and Rockaway Inlet around 700 AM EST. Jones Beach and The Verrazano Narrows Bridge around 705 AM EST. Barnum Island, Island Park, Jamaica Bay, Jones Inlet, and Middle Bay around 710 AM EST. East Bay, Fire Island Inlet, and South Oyster Bay around 715 AM EST. Great South Bay around 725 AM EST.
Official instructions
Mariners can expect heavy downpours and lightning strikes. Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until these storms pass.
