NWS Albany NYSV.W 0043June 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Litchfield, Berkshire and Columbia, CT and MA
The National Weather Service office in Albany issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Litchfield, Berkshire and Columbia in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on June 30. It was the 43rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Albany issued in 2026. Connecticut had 18 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 18 in an average June of 2008-2025 (Connecticut's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 55 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Albany NY
- Area
- Litchfield, Berkshire and Columbia
- State
- Connecticut
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:05 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. EDT, June 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KALY SV.W 0043
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut since 2008Every warning type in Connecticut
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The notice as issued
SVRALY The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Litchfield County in northern Connecticut... Southwestern Berkshire County in western Massachusetts... Southern Columbia County in east central New York... * Until 700 PM EDT. * At 605 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Catskill, moving east at 25 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... Great Barrington, Claverack, Livingston, Copake, Sheffield, Norfolk, Ancram, Philmont, Canaan, Sandisfield, Claverack-Red Mills, Ashley Falls, Salisbury, Germantown, Hillsdale, New Marlborough, Colebrook, Taghkanic, South Norfolk, and Sodom.
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 poor drainage flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Connecticut since 200881 a year
- Every warning type in Connecticut
- 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