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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY

620 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017



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620 PM EDT FRI AUG 18 2017



A MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...



  SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM...



  NEW YORK HARBOR...



AT 620 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS. THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RARITAN BAY 

TO 7 NM WEST OF SOUTH AMBOY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.



LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...

RARITAN BAY...UPPER NEW YORK HARBOR...ROCKAWAY INLET...SANDY HOOK

BAY...SOUTH AMBOY...THE VERRAZANO NARROWS BRIDGE...LOWER NEW YORK

HARBOR AND JAMAICA BAY.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS...LOCALLY HIGHER

WAVES...LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK

SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.



&&



A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR

NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...AND THE ADJACENT

COASTAL WATERS.



LAT...LON 4059 7409 4067 7413 4073 7406 4071 7398

      4062 7402 4059 7397 4064 7393 4068 7384

      4061 7374 4065 7368 4041 7393 4048 7402

      4047 7402 4040 7398 4046 7413 4044 7421

      4049 7429



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