SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
EASTERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHWESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF HUDSON FALLS...

AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARTFORD...SALEM AND COMSTOCK BY 825 PM EDT...

ARLINGTON BY 830 PM EDT...
GRANVILLE BY 835 PM EDT...
DORSET...MANCHESTER CENTER AND MANCHESTER BY 840 PM EDT...
STRATTON BY 850 PM EDT...

IN ADDITION TO DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. PLEASE REPORT HAIL SIZE...DAMAGING WINDS AND REPORTS OF TREES DOWN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV