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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 11:28 PM Apr. 16, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND CENTRAL ESSEX COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT... At 727 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over North Elba, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Lake Placid, Saranac Lake, Jay, Elizabethtown, North Elba, Keene, Lewis, Wilmington, Moriah, Westport, St Armand, Willsboro, Chesterfield, Essex, Harrietstown, North Hudson, Newcomb, Upper Jay, Ray Brook, and Mount Van Hoevenberg. This includes Interstate 87 between mile markers 106 and 131. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH
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