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Severe Thunderstorm Watch In Effect For Entire Region, With 65 MPH Wind Gusts Possible

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is now in effect for the entire region.

A look at areas (in darker green) where the strongest thunderstorms are possible on Tuesday, July 6.

A look at areas (in darker green) where the strongest thunderstorms are possible on Tuesday, July 6.

Photo Credit: AccuWeather

Damaging winds with gusts of 65 miles per hour that could cause power outings are the main threat, the National Weather Service said in issuing the alert. Frequent lightning and large hail are possible.

It lasts until 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, for these areas:

  • Long Island, 
  • Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and Orange counties 
  • The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, 
  • Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties in Connecticut. 

It last until 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 6, for these areas:

  • Albany, Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Madison, Montgomery, Oneida, Onondaga, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Steuben, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins and Ulster counties in New York
  • Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties in Massachusetts

The watch was issued at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

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