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By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 4:34 pm
The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a flood watch for eastern New York and western New England, in effect through 8am Friday morning. In New York State, the watch covers Albany, Columbia, Greene and Ulster counties.
From a NY-Alert message... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, May. 23, 2013 - 10:03 am
A man was injured by falling hail at a Roscoe campground on Wednesday afternoon, according to a report from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center.
The man was trying to seek shelter in a bath house on the campground at around 1:35pm when... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 22, 2013 - 1:33 pm
The National Weather Service in Binghamton has issued a tornado warning for south central Delaware County and northwestern Sullivan County, effective from 1:09pm to 1:45pm.
From a message posted on NY-Alert:
At 108 PM EDT...National Weather Service... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 21, 2013 - 1:53 pm
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch, effective until 9pm, for 45 counties in New York State as well as northwest Connecticut, western Massachusetts, and southern Vermont.
The NWS warns that... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, May. 13, 2013 - 1:56 pm
Proof that there really are only two seasons in the Catskills -- winter and the Fourth of July. Photo taken at 1:45pm on Monday, May 13 at the Watershed Post's headquarters in New Kingston.
As if the snow falling out of the sky wasn't warning enough:... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Apr. 20, 2013 - 8:02 pm
Above: Tree limbs driven into the ground by the force of the tornado. Photo from National Weather Service in Binghamton; for more photos of damage in the tornado's path, see their Facebook album.
A tornado touched down near Bainbridge on Friday evening... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 19, 2013 - 4:23 pm
The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch for Sullivan County, along with much of Pennsylvania, for Friday afternoon and evening. (Update, 9:30pm: The area is no longer under tornado watch.)
Sullivan County, along with the rest of the Catskills... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Mar. 26, 2013 - 10:47 am
Above: A tractor in Monticello waits patiently for snowmelt. Photo taken March 23 by Catskills Photography; shared in the Watershed Post's Flickr group pool.
It's been officially spring for a week, but nobody seems to have alerted Mother Nature. Much of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Mar. 18, 2013 - 8:21 am
Spring may be due to kick off officially in just a couple of days, but winter isn't done with the Catskills yet. Starting tonight, the National Weather Service warns, we're in for a round of snow and sleet, with accumulations of up to eight inches in... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Mar. 8, 2013 - 9:15 am
Schools are closed across the Catskills this Friday morning, and it looks like a snow globe out there. The Hudson Valley Weather Facebook page reports that the snowfall ranges from 1 to 10 inches deep across the region.
We want proof! Share your snow... Read more