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By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 23, 2012 - 10:10 am
Above: The Mill Pond at the Hanford Mills Museum looking pretty dry. Last week, the level of the water in the pond was about three feet lower than it normally is at this time of year.
This morning's thunderstorms must have been welcome at the Hanford... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 18, 2012 - 1:55 pm
This just in from the National Weather Service: A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Ulster and Dutchess Counties until 2:15pm.
Watch out for quarter-sized hail, high winds, and cloud-to-ground lightning,, Northern Dutchess and East Central... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jul. 16, 2012 - 10:00 am
A little rain over the weekend was welcome, after a summer that's been unusually dry so far. But upstate New York is still pretty parched, raising the risk of wildfires, causing normally gushing streams to run at a trickle, and threatening drinking water... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 25, 2012 - 1:46 pm
Take cover, Greene and Columbia counties: At 1:15pm, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning, in effect until 2:15, that warns of hail, lightning, and 60-mile-per-hour winds.
From NY-Alert:
This Storm Was Located Near Athens...... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 22, 2012 - 2:18 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for northeastern Ulster, southern Columbia and northern Dutchess counties until 3pm.
From NY-Alert:
At 203 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler Radar Indicated A Severe... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jun. 20, 2012 - 12:12 pm
Image by Flickr user molamoni. Published under Creative Commons license.
A swath of eastern New York, including Greene and Ulster counties, is under an excessive heat warning issued by the National Weather Service until 8pm tonight.
Temperatures in the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, May. 30, 2012 - 10:53 am
The dreaded tornadoes we were warned about never materialized, thankfully, but New York State was pelted with epic thunderstorms on Tuesday. And in a few places, hailstones.
A couple of Watershed Post readers sent us photos of hailstones from the deluge.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 29, 2012 - 1:59 pm
Via NY-Alert: There is a tornado watch on across northeastern New York and the Capital Region, including Greene and Schoharie counties, until 9pm.
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Central New York that includes... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, May. 15, 2012 - 3:06 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, near the border between Delaware and Sullivan County, until this evening.
Data from the stream gauge at the Beaverkill at Cooks Falls show that the river is already... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Apr. 27, 2012 - 4:02 pm
Photo of blossoms on a Pennsylvania apple tree, taken April 22 by Steve Guttman. An early, warm spring followed by many unseasonally cold nights has made this a challenging season for apple and other fruit growers across the Northeast. Photo published... Read more
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