NWS Albany NYSV.W 0088August 27, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Albany, Columbia, Greene and 3 more, NY
The National Weather Service office in Albany issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Albany, Columbia, Greene and 3 more in New York, which was in force until 7:45 p.m. local time on August 27. It was the 88th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Albany issued in 2026. New York had 85 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 86 in an average August of 2008-2025 (New York's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
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In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Albany NY
- Area
- Albany, Columbia, Greene and 3 more
- State
- New York
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:41 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 p.m. EDT, August 27, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KALY SV.W 0088
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York since 2008Every warning type in New York
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The notice as issued
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Schenectady County in east central New York... North central Columbia County in east central New York... Albany County in east central New York... Northeastern Greene County in east central New York... Eastern Schoharie County in east central New York... Southwestern Rensselaer County in east central New York... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 641 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Schoharie to near Berne to near Preston-Potter Hollow, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Albany, Troy, East Greenbush, Watervliet, Rensselaer, Colonie, Nassau, Delmar, Guilderland, Menands, New Baltimore, Westerlo, Ravena, Berne, Voorheesville, Green Island, Valatie, Altamont, Castleton-On-Hudson, and Kinderhook.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.
The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New York since 2008442 a year
- Every warning type in New York
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels