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Here's Time Frame For Strong To Severe Storms With 60 MPH Wind Gusts, 1-Inch Hail, Lightning

Strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts, hail, and frequent lightning will damper the first part of the July 4th weekend.

A look at the wide area where showers and thunderstorms are expected on Saturday, July 2.

A look at the wide area where showers and thunderstorms are expected on Saturday, July 2.

Photo Credit: AccuWeather.com
A look at parts of the region where strong thunderstorms are expected Saturday.

A look at parts of the region where strong thunderstorms are expected Saturday.

Photo Credit: AccuWeather.com

Unsettled conditions will move in during the afternoon on Saturday, July 2 after a partly sunny start. The high temperature will be in the mid 80s.

Showers and thunderstorms will arrive on Saturday afternoon, mainly after 5 p.m., and continue into around 3 a.m. Sunday, July 3.

Damaging winds of around 60 miles per hour and hail of around 1-inch diameter are also expected, the National Weather Service said in a Hazardous Weather Statement issued early Saturday morning.

Frequent lightning and locally heavy rain are also possible, the statement said.

The storms will cover a broad part of the Northeast. (See the first image above from AccuWeather.com.)

For a look at parts of the region where the strongest storms are expected Saturday, click on the second image above.

Up to a half-inch of rainfall is expected through the overnight hours.

It will be less humid Sunday, July 3 after the system passes, with partly sunny skies and a high temperature in the low 80s.

The current outlook for Monday, July 4 calls for mostly sunny skies and a high temperature in the mid 80s.

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