Watch: Thunderstorms produce Empire State Building lightning strike, rock Washington with wind and rain
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued from New York City to northern New England on Monday afternoon
Lightning strikes NYC's Empire State Building
Lightning is captured on video striking the Empire State Building in New York City on Monday. (Video: @davidwterrell/Twitter)
Severe thunderstorms rocked the Northeast Monday afternoon bringing vivid lightning to New York City and intense wind and rain to the Washington, D.C metro area.
The National Weather Service issued both Severe Thunderstorm Warnings and Flash Flood Warnings as the storms moved through the Big Apple.
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Storm brings heavy rain, strong winds to NYC
Storm delivers heavy rain and strong wind gusts to Manhattan on Monday afternoon. (Video: @Lindz_Marie85/Twitter)
Videos posted to social media showed heavy rain falling across the city, which prompted forecasters to issue Flash Flood Warnings.
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Another video posted to Twitter showed the moment when a bolt of lightning struck the top of the Empire State Building on Monday afternoon.
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Before hitting New York City, the severe thunderstorms moved across New Jersey.
In a video posted to Twitter, lightning can be seen across the sky above Newark.
New York City skyline disappears as heavy rain approaches the city
A video posted to social media shows heavy rain falling in New Jersey before approaching the New York City skyline on Monday, July 25.
Another video shot from New Jersey shows heavy rain falling in the Garden State as a wall of water approaches New York City.
Most of the skyline then starts to disappear as the storm moved closer to the Big Apple.
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Ominous clouds moved in over the nation's capital Monday afternoon as the National Weather Service issued Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for the DC-metro area, including Northern Virginia and Maryland.
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Ominous clouds move over Washington, DC as severe storms hit the East Coast.
Torrential rain belted DC neighborhoods as intense winds swayed trees.
The NWS Baltimore-Washington office forecast winds up to 60 mph, and quarter-size hail as severe weather moved through the region.
Torrential rain in Washington DC during storm
Torrential rain seen falling in Washington, DC during a storm on Monday afternoon. (Video: @EssbieWGT/Twitter)
Severe weather threat in the Northeast, New England
There is a threat of severe weather from the mid-Atlantic to northern New England on Monday, July 25. (FOX Weather)
The threat of severe weather extends down much of the I-95 corridor from coastal Maine and Boston through New York City and Philadelphia and into the Baltimore/Washington area. All told, over 50 million people are at risk of damaging winds Monday.
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A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect from New York City to Maine. (FOX Weather)
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect from the New York City area north through New England until 8 p.m. Eastern.
The watch includes major cities in the I-95 corridor including New York City, New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island, Boston, Manchester, New Hampshire, and Portland and Bangor, Maine.
Once the storms pass, relatively cooler air but perhaps more importantly to comfort, drier air will move in behind the front, putting an end to the deadly heat wave that brought triple-digit heat to the region.
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