Flood Advisory Issued for Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens

NEW YORK, NY — Amid some of the worst humidity of the summer so far, government weather officials issued an urgent flood advisory for Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens around 6:10 p.m. Thursday.

Sometime between 6:10 p.m. and 8:15 p.m., meteorologists expect thunderstorms to dump "heavy rain" on the city and "cause minor flooding... particularly poor drainage areas and low lying spots."

The following areas in particular should be on the lookout, the National Weather Service (NWS) said in the advisory:

• JFK Airport
• Crown Heights
• Coney Island
• Flatbush
• Midtown Manhattan
• Jamaica
• Flushing
• Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
• Union City
• Howard Beach
• Ozone Park
• Sheepshead Bay
• Long Island City
• Bay Ridge
• SoHo
• Park Slope
• The East Village
• Brooklyn Heights

You can track the thunderstorm's course using Weather Underground's animated radar map. (Just press the play button to watch the storm clouds move.)

A "heat advisory" is also in effect across NYC until 8 a.m. Saturday, followed by an "excessive heat watch" (considered more severe than an advisory) through the rest of the weekend.

As of Thursday night, the NWS was predicting a 30 to 50 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms hitting the city throughout the weekend. These storms would be "capable of producing torrential rainfall and localized flash flooding," the NWS said.

Stay tuned to Patch for updates — and as per usual, send your craziest weather pics to simone.wilson@patch.com.