{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.22f32da3df8422e9d5321beae588b335e846aaa5.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 20 at 6:51PM EDT until May 20 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Upton NY","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.22f32da3df8422e9d5321beae588b335e846aaa5.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Upton NY"},"word_count":212,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 20 at 6:51PM EDT until May 20 at 7:30PM EDT by NWS Upton NY\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Hudson, NJ; Union, NJ; Kings, NY; Nassau, NY; Queens, NY; Richmond, NY\n**Issued by:** NWS Upton NY\n**Sent:** 2026-05-20T18:51:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-05-20T18:51:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-05-20T19:30:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nSVROKX\n\nThe National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a\n\n* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...\nHudson County in northeastern New Jersey...\nSoutheastern Union County in northeastern New Jersey...\nQueens County in southeastern New York...\nRichmond County in southeastern New York...\nKings County in southeastern New York...\nSouthern Nassau County in southeastern New York...\n\n* Until 730 PM EDT.\n\n* At 651 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rockaway\nBeach, moving east at 30 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.\n\n* This severe thunderstorm will be near...\nValley Stream and Lynbrook around 655 PM EDT.\nLong Beach and Oceanside around 700 PM EDT.\nFreeport and Baldwin around 705 PM EDT.\nWantagh around 715 PM EDT.\nMassapequa around 720 PM EDT.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nTorrential rainfall is occurring with this storm. Do not drive your\nvehicle through flooded roadways."}