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WWUS81 KALY 072139
SPSALY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
539 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
NYZ039-040-047>052-072230-
SOUTHERN FULTON NY-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-
SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-MONTGOMERY NY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-
539 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2026
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SCHENECTADY
NORTHWESTERN
ALBANY...SOUTHWESTERN SARATOGA...EAST CENTRAL SCHOHARIE AND EAST
CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT...
AT 539 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ALTAMONT, OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROTTERDAM, MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCHENECTADY, ROTTERDAM, AMSTERDAM, SCOTIA, GLENVILLE, NISKAYUNA,
DUANESBURG, ALTAMONT, HAGAMAN, DELANSON, ROTTERDAM JUNCTION, ALPLAUS,
EAST GLENVILLE, BURNT HILLS, PATTERSONVILLE-ROTTERDAM JUNCTION,
CHARLTON, KNOX, PRINCETOWN, DUANE, AND GLENRIDGE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 88 BETWEEN EXITS 24 AND 25.
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN EXITS 25A AND 26.
INTERSTATE 890 BETWEEN EXITS 1A AND 9.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
LAT...LON 4262 7400 4266 7424 4301 7416 4296 7382
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 194DEG 20KT 4272 7410
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
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