NWS Albany NYSV.W 0042June 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Berkshire, MA
The National Weather Service office in Albany issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Berkshire in Massachusetts, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on June 30. It was the 42nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Albany issued in 2026. Massachusetts had 17 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 25 in an average June of 2008-2025 (Massachusetts's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 36 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Albany NY
- Area
- Berkshire
- State
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:54 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KALY SV.W 0042
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts since 2008Every warning type in Massachusetts
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The notice as issued
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Berkshire County in western Massachusetts... * Until 630 PM EDT. * At 554 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pittsfield, moving east at 25 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pittsfield, Adams, Lee, Lenox, Cheshire, Becket, Otis, Hancock, Savoy, New Ashford, Housatonic, Berkshire, Dalton, Lanesborough, Hinsdale, Stockbridge, Richmond, West Stockbridge, Monterey, and Windsor.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Massachusetts since 2008122 a year
- Every warning type in Massachusetts
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels