Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 4:32PM EDT until August 8 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 8, 2026 - 1:32pm
Expires:
August 8, 2026 - 2:30pm
Description:
SVRALY
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northwestern Litchfield County in northern Connecticut...
Northeastern Ulster County in east central New York...
Northern Dutchess County in east central New York...
Southwestern Columbia County in east central New York...
* Until 530 PM EDT.
* At 432 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Red Hook, or
near Saugerties, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kingston, Saugerties, Rhinebeck, Hurley, Woodstock, Sharon, Pine
Plains, Red Hook, Norfolk, Ancram, Canaan, Millerton, West Hurley,
Saugerties South, Port Ewen, Falls Village, Lake Katrine,
Olivebridge, Bethel, and Salisbury.
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:
Litchfield, CT; Columbia, NY; Dutchess, NY; Ulster, NY
Forcast Office:
NWS Albany NY
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov