Thunderstorms sweep through parts of Suffolk County

Suffolk County police reported downed trees in Centereach, Ronkonkoma, Hauppauge and Islandia after thunderstorms swept through Thursday evening.

PSEG Long Island’s outage map reported 1,316 customers in Brookhaven Town had outages but power should be restored by 11:45 p.m. Thursday. Overall, 1,549 customers, nearly all in Suffolk County, were facing outages, according to PSEG Long Island.

The National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning through 7:15 p.m. Thursday for most of Suffolk County.

The system was expected to head northeast at 25 mph with the potential for quarter-size hail. 

"Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects," the weather service said in a special statement. "Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible."

After the storm system passed, a warm night was forecast with more summer weather through the weekend before showers become a possibility Sunday evening.

The weather service said that Friday will be sunny with a high temperature near 83 degrees, which is exactly the normal high for the date in Islip. A north wind of around 7 mph is predicted to become southerly in the afternoon.

Friday night is expected to be mostly clear with a low of around 68 degrees.

Both Saturday and Sunday should be mostly sunny with highs in the low 80s, but

Sunday night there is a 40% chance of showers, the weather service said.

As the new workweek starts Monday, there will be a similar probability for showers and thunderstorms. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are all expected to be sunny although there is a chance rain Wednesday night.

High temperatures Monday through Thursday are expected to be from 85 to 87 degrees.