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A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Suffolk County as a line of storms moves across Long Island this afternoon.

The storm was located around Rocky Point at 3:39 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and penny-sized hail are both possible.

The storms are forecast to be near Patchogue and Davis Park around 3:55 p.m., Center Moriches and Shirley around 4:05 p.m., Manorville around 4:10 p.m., Riverhead and Westhampton around 4:15 p.m., Southampton and Shinnecock Hills around 4:05 p.m., and Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton around 4:30 p.m.

The same line of storms produced a tornado warning in western Nassau County and New York City around 3 p.m. today.

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Katie, winner of the 2016 James Murphy Cub Reporter of the Year award from the L.I. Press Club, is a co-publisher of RiverheadLOCAL. A Riverhead native, she is a 2014 graduate of Stony Brook University. Email Katie