{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.5b74365fb6d90eff82aef940fefdec7b760d3263.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 12 at 6:50PM EDT until June 12 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Upton NY","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-06-12","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.5b74365fb6d90eff82aef940fefdec7b760d3263.002.1","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":184,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 12 at 6:50PM EDT until June 12 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Upton NY\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Observed\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Bergen, NJ; Hudson, NJ; Bronx, NY; Kings, NY; New York, NY; Queens, NY\n**Issued by:** NWS Upton NY\n**Sent:** 2026-06-12T18:50:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-06-12T18:50:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-06-12T19:15:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nAt 649 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Midtown\nManhattan, moving southeast at 30 mph.\n\nHAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Expect damage to trees and power lines.\n\nThis severe storm will be near...\nMott Haven and Laguardia Airport around 655 PM EDT.\nFlushing and Forest Hills around 700 PM EDT.\nJamaica and Ozone Park around 705 PM EDT.\n\nThis includes the following event locations...Brooklyn Bridge Park,\nUSTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Bronx Terminal Market,\nand Overpeck Park.\n\n## Instructions\nFor your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a\nbuilding.\n\nDamaging wind and continuous cloud to ground lightning are occurring\nwith this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of\nnature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are\nclose enough to be struck by lightning."}