Big Storms for the Big Apple

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BYE BYE BIG APPLE:

Leaving New York City this afternoon where New Yorkers have been sweltering in the same excessive heat that folks back home in Alabama have been experiencing. And they’re not as accustomed to it as people in the Deep South, so it tends to have a bigger impact. Heat advisories are in effect for all five boroughs this afternoon.

It was 96F at 2 p.m. at LaGuardia. Newark NJ had already surpassed the century mark with 101F just after 1 p.m., establishing a new record for June 9th.

There will be fireworks later this afternoon as thunderstorms ahead of a cold front are already severed over New York State into New England. They are pushing southeastward and a significant wind damage event is expected.

In fact, the SPC has issued a rare Moderate risk outlook for a wide area including much of Pennsylvania, northern New Jersey, New York State (including New York City) into Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Severe thunderstorm watches are in effect and numerous severe thunderstorm warnings are already flying.

Here are the current watches and warnings nationally:

Storms have rapidly developed over northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. A few of those have become severe. One storm (not severe) had popped up over eastern Cherokee County east of Cedar Bluff. Others near Carrollton GA had migrated into East Alabama’s Randolph and Cleburne Counties. They were trekking west in the I-20 corridor. Another storm had formed over Marengo County.

The deepest moisture (characterized by a good field of cumulus clouds) was south of I-59. This will be the favored area for widely scattered thunderstorm development over the next 3-4 hours. If you are lucky, you might see a cooling thunderstorm in your neighborhood, with brief heavy rain and gusty winds along with an anti-heat burst dropping temperatures 10-20 degrees. But watch out for the lightning.

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