Special Weather Statement issued October 16 at 5:04PM EDT by NWS Upton NY

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At 504 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Shohola, or 12 miles northwest of Port Jervis, 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... Newburgh, Middletown, West Milford, Ringwood, Port Jervis, Monroe, Walden, Warwick, Goshen, Howells, Bloomingdale, Gardnertown, Chester, Montgomery, and Greenwood Lake. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for northeastern New Jersey...and southeastern New York.

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NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
Location
US
Severity
Moderate
area
Western Passaic; Orange
event
Special Weather Statement
onset
2026-10-16T17:04:00-04:00
states
["NJ","NY"]
urgency
Expected
certainty
Observed
effective
2026-10-16T17:04:00-04:00
message id
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.213137bd7a1f1523d7ab81f637f5d0d70d20c21b.001.1
references
[]
instruction
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for northeastern New Jersey...and southeastern New York.
message type
Alert
freshness minutes
60
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