Johnstown, NY Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Fulton County in eastern New York...
Southern Herkimer County in eastern New York...
Western Montgomery County in eastern New York...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 724 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Frankfort, or
near Ilion, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
Ilion, Herkimer, Little Falls, Canajoharie, Mohawk, Frankfort, Fort
Plain, Dolgeville, St. Johnsville, Ephratah, West Winfield,
Middleville, Ames, Jordanville, Cedarville, Oppenheim, Fairfield,
Elizabethtown, Warren, and Palatine Bridge.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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Please report hail size...damaging winds and reports of trees down to;
the National Weather Service by email at Alb.Stormreport@noaa.gov...;
On Facebook at www.facebook.com/nwsalbany or twitter @nwsalbany;


HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 432 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

SARATOGA              WARREN                WASHINGTON

IN EASTERN NEW YORK

FULTON                HAMILTON              HERKIMER

IN VERMONT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY

IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

BENNINGTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENNINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, CAROGA LAKE,
DOLGEVILLE, FORT EDWARD, FRANKFORT, GLENS FALLS, GLOVERSVILLE,
GRANVILLE, GREENWICH, HERKIMER, HOFFMEISTER, HUDSON FALLS,
HULETTS LANDING, ILION, JOHNSTOWN, LITTLE FALLS, LONG LAKE,
MOHAWK, POWNAL, SABATTIS, SARATOGA LAKE, SARATOGA SPRINGS,
STAMFORD, WELLS, WEST GLENS FALLS, WHITEHALL,
AND WOODFORD STATE PARK.

...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values of 105 to
110 expected.

* WHERE...Litchfield county in Connecticut, southern Berkshire
county in Massachusetts, Bennington and eastern Windham counties
in Vermont, and in eastern New York the following counties:
southern Herkimer, southern Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, Albany,
Schenectady, Saratoga, southeast Warren, Washington, Rensselaer,
Columbia, eastern Greene, Dutchess, and Ulster.

* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...There will be little to no relief at night,
with low temperatures in the 70s along with humid conditions
persisting across much of the area  tonight and Thursday night.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Stay cool, stay hydrated, stay informed.

If you do not have air conditioning in your home or lack shelter,
you can call 211 for assistance locating appropriate shelter from
the heat.

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