NWS Albany NYSV.W 0077July 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Berkshire, Columbia and Dutchess, MA and NY
The National Weather Service office in Albany issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Berkshire, Columbia and Dutchess in Massachusetts, New York, which was in force until 3:45 p.m. local time on July 28. It was the 77th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Albany issued in 2026. Massachusetts had 16 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 2026, against 40 in an average July of 2008-2025 (Massachusetts's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 38 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, Columbia and Dutchess
- State
- Massachusetts
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:07 p.m. EDT, July 28, 2026
- Expires
- 3:45 p.m. EDT, July 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KALY SV.W 0077
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southwestern Berkshire County in western Massachusetts... Northeastern Dutchess County in east central New York... Columbia County in east central New York... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 307 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pine Plains, or 13 miles northeast of Rhinebeck, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pittsfield, Great Barrington, Chatham, Lee, Lenox, Copake, Pine Plains, Austerlitz, Ancram, Philmont, Housatonic, Ghent, Bethel, Stockbridge, Hillsdale, Canaan, Richmond, Taghkanic, West Stockbridge, and Alford.
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 this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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