989
WWUS81 KALY 062315
SPSALY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
715 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
NYZ049-050-052>054-070000-
EASTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-
EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
715 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SCHENECTADY
NORTHEASTERN ALBANY AND CENTRAL RENSSELAER COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM
EDT...
AT 715 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
LOUDONVILLE, OR OVER COLONIE, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALBANY, SCHENECTADY, TROY, ROTTERDAM, EAST GREENBUSH, COHOES,
WATERVLIET, RENSSELAER, COLONIE, DELMAR, LATHAM, GUILDERLAND,
MENANDS, VOORHEESVILLE, GREEN ISLAND, GRAFTON, WATERFORD, BERLIN,
LOUDONVILLE, AND WEST SAND LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 9 AND 25.
INTERSTATE 890 BETWEEN EXITS 5 AND 9.
INTERSTATE 87 BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 7.
INTERSTATE 787 BETWEEN EXITS 1 AND 9.
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.
LAT...LON 4259 7398 4280 7397 4284 7337 4257 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 269DEG 26KT 4270 7380
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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