SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LEWIS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES ** Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 156 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Lowville, or
21 miles southeast of Watertown, moving southeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Sandy Island Beach State Park, Stony Point, Carthage, Lowville,
Pulaski, West Carthage, Adams, Redfield, Herrings, and Selkirk
Shores State Park.
This includes Interstate 81 between exits 33 and 44.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
