994  
WWUS81 KALY 010221  
SPSALY  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY  
1021 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
MAZ025-NYZ060-061-010245-  
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-  
1021 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE AND CENTRAL  
COLUMBIA COUNTIES THROUGH 1045 PM EDT...  
 
AT 1020 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
PHILMONT, OR 9 MILES EAST OF HUDSON, MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
GREAT BARRINGTON, LEE, OTIS, PHILMONT, HOUSATONIC, CLAVERACK-RED  
MILLS, STOCKBRIDGE, HILLSDALE, TAGHKANIC, MONTEREY, ALFORD,  
TYRINGHAM, MELLENVILLE, CRARYVILLE, NORTH OTIS, NEWSBOY STATUE,  
GLENDALE, NORTH HILLSDALE, WILLIAMSVILLE, AND HARLEMVILLE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR  
EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4214 7371 4227 7372 4234 7311 4219 7304  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0220Z 261DEG 48KT 4221 7362  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
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