Special Marine Warning

SMWOKX

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...

Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 NM... New York Harbor...

* Until 145 PM EDT.

* At 1240 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located near Raritan Bay, moving east at 10 knots.

HAZARD...Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Small craft could be damaged in briefly higher winds and suddenly higher waves.

* The severe thunderstorm will be near... Lower New York Harbor around 1250 PM EDT. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge around 1255 PM EDT. Rockaway Inlet around 115 PM EDT.