At 405 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Hancock, or near Pittsfield, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. Pittsfield, Cheshire, New Lebanon, Hancock, Savoy, Berkshire, Dalton, Lanesborough, Hinsdale, Windsor, Peru, Garfield, Town Crest Village, Lakeview Terrace, The Boulders, Adams Junction, Yankee Orchards, Stearnsville, New Lebanon Center, and West Lebanon.

At 402 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over North Adams, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD. Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE. Radar indicated. IMPACT. Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include. North Adams, Monroe, Adams, Florida, Savoy, Guilford Center, Halifax, Hairpin Turn, Greylock, Soldiers Memorial Field, Cheshire Harbor, Arnoldville, Town Crest Village, Maple Grove, Eastern Summit, Braytonville, Zylonite, Green River, Bowens Corners, and West Halifax.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 489 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT LITCHFIELD IN MASSACHUSETTS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS BERKSHIRE IN NEW YORK THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK ALBANY COLUMBIA DUTCHESS GREENE RENSSELAER SCHENECTADY ULSTER THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBANY, ARLINGTON, ATHENS, BEACON, CAIRO, CATSKILL, COXSACKIE, DALTON, FLORIDA, HANCOCK, JEFFERSON HEIGHTS, KINGSTON, NEW LEBANON, NEW PALTZ, NORTH ADAMS, PITTSFIELD, POUGHKEEPSIE, ROTTERDAM, SCHENECTADY, TORRINGTON, AND TROY.