375  
WWUS51 KBTV 162256  
SVSBTV  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
656 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
NYC031-033-089-162330-  
/O.CON.KBTV.SV.W.0001.000000T0000Z-260416T2330Z/  
FRANKLIN NY-ST. LAWRENCE NY-ESSEX NY-  
656 PM EDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE AND  
NORTHWESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES...  
 
AT 655 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER TUPPER LAKE  
VILLAGE, MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT. AT 334 PM DOWNED TREES WERE REPORTED  
IN CRANBERRY LAKE.  
 
IMPACT...MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS POSSIBLE. EXPECT WIND  
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWERLINES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SARANAC LAKE, TUPPER LAKE VILLAGE, LAKE PLACID, TUPPER LAKE,  
PIERCEFIELD, NORTH ELBA, ST ARMAND, HARRIETSTOWN, NEWCOMB,  
WILMINGTON, KEENE, NORTH HUDSON, COLTON, SANTA CLARA, CONIFER,  
SARANAC INN, RAY BROOK, WAWBEEK, MOUNT MARCY, AND MOUNT VAN  
HOEVENBERG.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4440 7390 4403 7389 4405 7427 4412 7428  
4408 7473 4409 7472 4432 7465  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 269DEG 33KT 4421 7447  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
MYSKOWSKI  
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