New York Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/04/2026 14:50

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 5:50PM EDT until July 4 at 6:45PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 4, 2026 - 2:50pm
Expires: 
July 4, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description: 
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Ulster County in east central New York... Southwestern Columbia County in east central New York... Southeastern Greene County in east central New York... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 550 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Windham, or near Hunter, moving east southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hudson, Catskill, Saugerties, Hunter, Claverack, Livingston, Clermont, Athens, Lorenz Park, Claverack-Red Mills, North-South Lake Campground, Cairo, Germantown, Tannersville, Quarryville, Burden Dock, Manorville, Katsbaan, Maplecrest, and Burden.
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: 
Columbia, NY; Greene, NY; Ulster, NY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Albany NY