Connecticut, New York Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 10/16/2026 15:11

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 16 at 6:11PM EDT until October 16 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
October 16, 2026 - 3:11pm
Expires: 
October 16, 2026 - 4:15pm
Description: 
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Litchfield County in northern Connecticut... Southeastern Dutchess County in east central New York... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 611 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wingdale, or near Pawling, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Torrington, New Milford, Sherman, Pawling, Pleasant Valley, Thomaston, New Hartford, Amenia, Kent, Sharon, Millbrook, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, New Hartford Center, Woodbury Center, Hopewell Junction, New Preston, Wingdale, Dover Plains, and Oakville.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. 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
Forcast Office: 
NWS Albany NY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov