Parts of Long Island are underneath a flash flood warning.
Tornado warning in Southern Nassau
The National Weather Service has issued a twister warning by means of 7:15 p.m. for southern Nassau County.
A “severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Atlantic Beach, or over Long Beach” and heading northeast, the company mentioned. The winds might down bushes and harm houses and vehciles.
“Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter,” the company warned.
Storm places the breaks on flights at Kennedy, LaGuardia
Area airports have been experiencing delays due to thunderstorms as of about 6:35 p.m. on Thursday,
Flights out of Kennedy and LaGuardia airports have been delayed upward of 1 hour and 45 minutes, in accordance to the Federal Aviation Administration. Arriving flights have been held at their departure airports on common round 1 hour and 40 minutes, whereas airborne flights have been delayed upward of quarter-hour.
Nassau County underneath flash flood warning
Shortly after 6 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Nassau County, in accordance to the company’s official X account. The warning means flooding is both occurring or will occur quickly. Motorists and pedestrians alike ought to train warning.
The warning was set to expire at 8:15 p.m.
Upward of an inch of rain has already been recorded in Nassau and New York City, with up to one other 1.5 inches anticipated, in accordance to the warning.
Heavy rain on closing method to Long Island
Kaeden Farmer, 12, of Bayport, fishes off the docks at West Avenue in Sayville on Thursday forward of an approaching storm. Credit: Thomas Hengge
As some “light rain” fell over “much of the Island” about 6 p.m. Thursday, Nassau and Suffolk remained underneath a flood watch, in accordance to National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Pollina.
The watch means rains exhausting sufficient to trigger flooding in city areas or these with poor drainage are doable. A flood advisory, however, presently listed for New York City and northeastern New Jersey, means such bother is both occurring now, or will quickly.
“There is a line of heavier rain moving through [New York City] right now that is about to make it’s way through northwestern portions of Nassau,” Pollina mentioned.
Up to 3 inches of rainfall is feasible regionally throughout the Island, the meteorologist mentioned. The extra probably estimates are about 2.5 inches in western Nassau to “just under an inch” on the East End, he added.