The NWS has decided to issue a Severe Thunderstorm Watch due to the threat of thunderstorm clusters and complexes. The watch will go into 11:00 pm. The NWS has confirmed a tornado that occurred yesterday in Pittsfield in Otsego County.
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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 432
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
455 PM EDT Wed Jul 1 2026
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast New York
Vermont
* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 455 PM
until 1100 PM EDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated large hail events to 1 inch in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Clusters of storms will continue to southeastward across
the region through this evening, with damaging winds and some hail
as the primary hazards.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
statute miles east and west of a line from 10 miles south southeast
of Glens Falls NY to 10 miles east northeast of Massena NY. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU2).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 430...WW 431...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
1 inch. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few
cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
31025.
...Guyer
