Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 5:15PM EDT until July 4 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 4, 2026 - 2:15pm
Expires:
July 4, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description:
SVRALY
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Columbia County in east central New York...
Southwestern Albany County in east central New York...
Northern Greene County in east central New York...
Southeastern Schoharie County in east central New York...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 515 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over North
Blenheim, or 16 miles south of Cobleskill, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Hudson, Claverack, New Baltimore, Coxsackie, Valatie, Windham,
Athens, Gilboa, Kinderhook, Lorenz Park, Livingstonville, North
Blenheim, Claverack-Red Mills, Preston-Potter Hollow, Preston
Hollow, Cairo, Stockport, Durham, Stuyvesant, and Conesville.
Instruction:
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Large hail, damaging wind, and continuous cloud to ground lightning
are 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:
Albany, NY; Columbia, NY; Greene, NY; Schoharie, NY
Forcast Office:
NWS Albany NY
Sender: