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SPSALY

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albany NY
546 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026
 
NYZ064>066-162215-
Eastern Dutchess NY-Western Dutchess NY-Eastern Ulster NY-
546 PM EDT Fri Oct 16 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ULSTER AND SOUTHERN
DUTCHESS COUNTIES THROUGH 615 PM EDT...

At 545 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gardnertown, or near Walden, moving east at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Pawling, Wallkill, Hyde Park, Plattekill,
Pleasant Valley, Wappingers Falls, Highland, Fishkill, Millbrook,
Modena, Fairview, Hopewell Junction, Marlboro, Red Oaks Mill, Myers
Corner, Wingdale, Dover Plains, and East Fishkill.

This includes Interstate 87 near exit 18.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for
east central New York.

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LAT...LON 4145 7400 4152 7400 4159 7396 4158 7405
      4160 7407 4160 7409 4162 7413 4158 7413
      4158 7414 4161 7425 4164 7426 4168 7425
      4188 7366 4164 7352 4153 7353 4149 7393
      4144 7398
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 253DEG 49KT 4154 7412 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

AJG