Special Weather Statement issued October 16 at 6:02PM EDT by NWS Upton NY
Official severe-weather alerts, warning areas, and disaster updates.
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At 601 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Hamburg, or 7 miles west of West Milford, moving east at 45 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... Stamford, White Plains, New City, Port Chester, West Milford, Ossining, Ridgewood, Peekskill, Monsey, Nanuet, Rye, Ramsey, Ringwood, Haverstraw, and Tarrytown. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southern Connecticut...northeastern New Jersey...and southeastern New York.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Southern Fairfield; Western Passaic; Western Bergen; Eastern Bergen; Orange; Rockland; Northern Westchester; Southern Westchester
- event
- Special Weather Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-16T18:02:00-04:00
- states
- ["CT","NJ","NY"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Observed
- effective
- 2026-10-16T18:02:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.59e217ce5d4b7eff79abb2460aece67da1512402.001.1
- references
- []
- instruction
- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southern Connecticut...northeastern New Jersey...and southeastern New York.
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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