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Live updates: Tornado risk for NJ, NYC as severe storms threaten
NBC New York • • nation
Key Points:
- The NYC area faces an intensified severe weather threat with a high chance of flash floods, isolated tornadoes, and damaging winds exceeding 65 mph.
- Heavy rainfall is expected to cause flash flooding, particularly in coastal and low-lying regions of North/Central New Jersey, Metro New York City, Long Island, and coastal Connecticut.
- The National Weather Service has rated much of the tri-state area at a level 3 out of 5 for severe weather risk, with hail also possible.
- The strongest thunderstorms, carrying the greatest risk of tornadoes and straight-line winds, are forecasted for the Poconos, Catskills, and New Jersey, prompting widespread severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings.
- The storm system will clear Canadian wildfire smoke from the region ahead of a cold front moving in before Sunday’s World Cup final.
