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Small Craft Advisory
Issued: 6:38 PM Jun. 19, 2025 – National Weather Service
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* WHAT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 25 kt.

* WHERE...Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, Peconic and
Gardiners Bays, and South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through
Shinnecock Bay.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM EDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 5:24 PM Jun. 19, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
441 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT

FAIRFIELD             MIDDLESEX             NEW HAVEN

IN NEW JERSEY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY

BERGEN                ESSEX                 HUDSON
PASSAIC               UNION

IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK

BRONX                 KINGS (BROOKLYN)      NASSAU
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)  ORANGE                PUTNAM
QUEENS                RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)
ROCKLAND              WESTCHESTER

Rip Current Statement
Issued: 7:39 PM Jun. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Kings (Brooklyn), Southern Queens and Southern Nassau
Counties.

* WHEN...From Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening.

* IMPACTS...Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all
people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches
should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the
best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The rip current risk will increase
through the afternoon, especially for the western ocean
beaches. The higher risk may carry into a portion of Friday
as well.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with
you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax
and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in
a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face
the shore and yell or wave for help.

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