Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are possible across the New York City metro area, western Long Island, northeastern New Jersey and the Lower Hudson Valley on Thursday afternoon and evening, according to the National Weather Service.
A separate marginal risk zone also extends into portions of Chautauqua and Cattaraugus counties in western New York.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the southwestern portion of the New York City forecast area in a marginal risk for severe weather as a weak cold front drops into the region late Thursday afternoon into early evening…