Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 6 at 6:22PM EDT until June 6 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
June 6, 2026 - 3:22pm
Expires:
June 6, 2026 - 4:00pm
Description:
At 621 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wingdale, or 7
miles northwest of Sherman, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Poughkeepsie, New Milford, Pawling, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston,
Wappingers Falls, Amenia, Kent, Sharon, Fishkill, Millbrook,
Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, Woodbury Center, Hopewell Junction,
Marlboro, Red Oaks Mill, Myers Corner, New Preston, and Cornwall
Bridge.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description:
Litchfield, CT; Dutchess, NY; Ulster, NY
Forcast Office:
NWS Albany NY