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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 5:33 PM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Litchfield County in northern Connecticut... East central Dutchess County in east central New York... * Until 230 PM EDT. * At 132 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Cornwall Bridge, or 13 miles north of New Milford, moving east at 20 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... Torrington, New Milford, Amenia, Kent, Sharon, Millbrook, Litchfield, Northwest Harwinton, New Preston, Cornwall Bridge, Dover Plains, Harwinton, Bethlehem, Washington, Goshen, Morris, Roxbury, Warren, Cornwall, and Bantam. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && 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...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
Flood Watch
Issued: 5:21 PM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Litchfield County in Northwest Connecticut and Dutchess County in eastern New York. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - A slow moving frontal boundary will interact with a tropical air mass to bring showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Locally heavy rainfall is possible and rainfall rates may be near, or exceed, 2" per hour at times. This rainfall could lead to flash flooding as well as flooding of urban, poor drainage and low lying areas. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. &&
Heat Advisory
Issued: 5:16 PM Jul. 8, 2025 – National Weather Service
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Heat index values as high as 95 to 100 degrees. * WHERE...In Connecticut, Litchfield County. In New York, Eastern Ulster and Dutchess Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. 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. &&
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