135  
WWUS81 KOKX 210033  
SPSOKX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY  
833 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
NYZ079-081-210115-  
SOUTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-NORTHEAST SUFFOLK NY-  
833 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL SUFFOLK COUNTY THROUGH  
915 PM EDT...  
 
AT 833 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CLUSTER OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTHAMPTON, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
RIVERHEAD, MANORVILLE, SOUTHAMPTON, WESTHAMPTON, SAG HARBOR,  
BRIDGEHAMPTON, NOYACK, SHELTER ISLAND, SHINNECOCK HILLS, EAST  
HAMPTON, HAMPTON BAYS, SPRINGS, EAST MORICHES, EAST QUOGUE, AND  
FLANDERS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4096 7209 4083 7246 4075 7273 4085 7284  
4110 7229 4106 7226 4105 7218  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 251DEG 34KT 4082 7263  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
JT  
 
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