Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
400 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN
CONNECTICUT.

AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN DUTCHESS COUNTY WAS
MOVING TOWARDS CORNWALL BRIDGE AND KENT IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN
CONNECTICUT AT 4 PM EDT.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN. CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING HAS INCREASED WITH THIS STORM AND A LOCAL HAMd RADIO NETWORK
OBSERVER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM.

THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED..SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORM MOVES AWAY.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
535 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY.

AN ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WAS IN DUTCHESS COUNTY JUST EAST
OF POUGHKEEPSIE AT 525 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON.  IT WAS MOVING EAST
ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.  IT COULD ALSO HAVE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTH CENTRAL TIER OF NEW YORK..THE CATSKILLS..AND LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY TO THE NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND AREA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED..SEEK A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE
STORM MOVES AWAY.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
645 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AT
630 PM.  BUT NO SEVERE ACTVITY WAS IMMINENT.

STORMS WERE IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY NEAR KINGSTON IN ULSTER
COUNTY..ALONG THE CONNECTICUT BORDER IN NORTHEAST PUTNAM COUNTY..
AND IN COLUMBIA COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF THE TACONIC STATE PARK.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORM NEAR KINGSTON WILL GO INTO DUTCHESS COUNTY BY 700 PM..
AND WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF RHINEBECK.  THEN IT/LL SLOWLY MOVE
TO THE TACONIC STATE PARKWAY A LITTLE NORTH OF CLINTON CORNERS
AT 730 PM.  HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE IN THE STORM..SO
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAREFUL.

THE OTHER TWO STORMS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN CONNECTICUT BY 700 PM.
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OMINOUS THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AT 630 PM..
AND MAY AFFECT THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS AROUND 800 PM.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION..THE
SOUTHERN CATSKILLS..AND THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1000 PM.

IF YOU/RE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA..TAKE SHELTER AT THE
FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING WEATHER.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
715 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTS OF RAIN WERE OVER SULLIVAN COUNTY
OF NEW YORK AT 700 PM THIS EVENING.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE STORMS ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF
LIBERTY..AND ALONG ROUTE 52 NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER.  THE
SHERIFF/S DEPARTMENT COMFIRMED VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LOTS OF
LIGHTNING IN THE CALICOON AREA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH
THE NEVERSINK RESERVOIR TO MONTICELLO BETWEEN 745 AND 800 PM.
ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS..THERE/LL BE SMALL HAIL..AND LOTS
OF LIGHTNING.

BOATERS IN THE AREA SHOULD IMEEDIATELY GET TO SHORE.  AND
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE READY TO+ PULL OVER IF VISIBILITY GETS TOO
BAD.  ALSO..THE RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON ROADS
WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR.

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
815 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

740 PM EDT MAY 31 - GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT ULSTER HEIGHTS /25 WNW
                    POU/ IN ULSTER COUNTY.  SKYWARN REPORT.
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
845 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 1986

740 PM EDT MAY 31 - GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AT ULSTER HEIGHTS /25 WNW
                    POU/ IN ULSTER COUNTY.  SKYWARN REPORT.

815 PM EDT MAY 31 - TREES DOWNED IN EAST FISHKILL /5SE POU/ BETWEENN
                    800-815 PM.  POWERS LINED DOWNED WITH RESULTING
                    HOUSE FIRES.  FIRE FIGHTERS HAMPERED BY FELLED
                    TREES BLOCKING STREETS._  COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
                    REPORT.