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Albany County, Hudson Valley under watch for severe thunderstorms


Weather service says conditions could fuel tornadoes, hail, powerful wind in an area that includes eastern upstate, the northern NYC suburbs, New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania


The National Weather Service issued a thunderstorm watch Thursday for Albany County, the Hudson Valley as well as the northern New York City suburbs, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In this photograph, lightning illuminates the sky over Western Avenue  Aug. 13, 2021 in Guilderland.

The National Weather Service issued a thunderstorm watch Thursday for Albany County, the Hudson Valley as well as the northern New York City suburbs, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In this photograph, lightning illuminates the sky over Western Avenue  Aug. 13, 2021 in Guilderland.

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ALBANY — Albany County and the Hudson Valley are part of a severe thunderstorm watch the National Weather Service issued Thursday afternoon.

Albany-based meteorologists say the area is part of a storm watch that stretches from the Capital Region to southern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. Schoharie County also is included in the area under the thunderstorm watch.

A storm watch is the milder of the two conditions the weather service places on thunderstorms. A watch means the weather conditions can be right for severe thunderstorms. A warning means such conditions are imminent.

The alert says residents should be prepared for the potential for tornadoes, marble-sized hail and scattered wind gusts that could hit 70 p.m.

Meteorologist Brian Frugis said residents in the aforementioned areas should expect showers to start rolling in at about 7 p.m. with potentially gusty winds. He expects the “bigger threat” of the storm to head toward the Catskills and Hudson Valley while the Capital Region remains on the edge of the storm’s blowback.

Residents should prepare for some downed trees, although Frugis doesn’t expect the storms will be too damaging. The thunderstorm watch is in place until midnight.

The weather service predicts storms will hit much of the East Coast during the afternoon and evening. Coastal areas of Virginia and North Carolina and parts of Florida could be hit too.

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