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Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued With 58 MPH Wind Gusts, Hail, Isolated Tornadoes Possible

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect for the region as a band of storms moves from the west to the east.

A radar image from around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1 shows the band of storms moving from west to east.

A radar image from around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 1 shows the band of storms moving from west to east.

Photo Credit: National Weather Service

The watch went into effect at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, April 1, and lasts until 10 p.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service announced.

New York counties covered by the watch are:

  • Albany
  • Bronx 
  • Columbia 
  • Dutchess 
  • Fulton 
  • Greene
  • Herkimer
  • Kings (Brooklyn)
  • Montgomery
  • Nassau
  • New York (Manhattan)
  • Orange
  • Putnam
  • Queens
  • Rensselaer
  • Richmond (Staten Island)
  • Rockland
  • Saratoga
  • Schenectady
  • Schoharie
  • Suffolk
  • Ulster
  • Westchester

Connecticut counties covered by the watch are:

  • Fairfield
  • Middlesex
  • New Haven
  • New London

 "The primary threat is damaging wind gusts, but hail and an isolated tornado are also possible," according to the National Weather Service.

Wind gusts could be as high as around 58 miles per hour, which could cause power outages, and hail could be 1 inch in diameter.

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