Instability is building just behind a warm front inching slowly eastward across the Northeast. Along and just behind this front will exist a threat for widely scattered severe storms this afternoon into this evening from eastern Pennsylvania into northern New Jersey and the Hudson Valley of New York. Gusty winds will fell trees, leading to scattered power outages.
Ongoing storms are generally sub-severe, but as afternoon heating destabilizes the atmosphere, storms will intensify. Highs winds up to 65 mph will be the main threat, though some small to medium-sized hail up to 1-1.5 inches in diameter could occur with the strongest cells. The tornado threat is minimal in this area.
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