Weather Alerts For Fort Johnson, NY

# HEADLINE -------------------- EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values in the upper 90s to lower 100s through this afternoon. WHERE Northern Litchfield County in northwestern Connecticut, the southern Berkshires of western Massachusetts, southern Herkimer, southern Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, southeast Warren, Washington, Rensselaer, Eastern Columbia and Western Ulster Counties in eastern New York and Bennington and eastern Windham Counties in southern Vermont. WHEN Until 8 PM EDT this evening. IMPACTS Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. ISSUED AT Friday, July 3, 2026 at 1:48 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Albany NY HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes. If you do not have air conditioning in your home or lack shelter, you can call 211 for assistance locating appropriate shelter from the heat. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Eastern Columbia, Western Schenectady, Bennington, Eastern Albany, Eastern Rensselaer, Eastern Schenectady, Eastern Windham, Montgomery, Northern Litchfield, Northern Saratoga, Northern Washington, Schoharie, Southeast Warren, Southern Berkshire, Southern Fulton, Southern Herkimer, Southern Saratoga, Southern Washington, Western Albany, Western Rensselaer, Western Ulster Including the cities of Great Barrington, Hudson Falls, Preston Hollow, Fort Edward, Schenectady, Whitehall, Rotterdam, Greenwich, Brattleboro, North Easton, Torrington, Stephentown, Gloversville, Sandisfield, Altamont, Glens Falls, West Glens Falls, Ilion, Knox, Burnt Hills, Livingstonville, Kerhonkson, Sundown, Jefferson, West Brattleboro, Westerlo, Gilboa, South Egremont, Clifton Park, New Lebanon, Saratoga Lake, Cobleskill, Breakabeen, Woodstock, Amsterdam, Johnstown, Huletts Landing, Waterford, North Blenheim, Ballston Spa, Berlin, Bennington, Duanesburg, Cambridge, Guilford Center, Albany, Middle Falls, Delanson, Woodford State Park, Frankfort, Eagle Bridge, Hoosick Falls, Bellows Falls, Mechanicville, Troy, Stamford, Dolgeville, Mohawk, Middleburgh, Pownal, West Shokan, Herkimer, Granville, Mariaville, Little Falls, West Hurley, Saratoga Springs, Ellenville, Berne, and Napanoch

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN SUMMARY A swath of damaging to severe gusts is expected across southern Lower Michigan over the next few hours. Scattered damaging gusts are also likely over portions of the Mid Atlantic. Otherwise, scattered wind damage and large hail are still expected from parts of Nebraska into Iowa today. Isolated to scattered severe storms remain possible extending eastward from the northern/central Plains into the Midwest and Tennessee Valley. 20Z Update The main change made to this outlook was to upgrade southern Lower MI to a Category 3/Enhanced Risk, driven by 30 percent/CIG1 wind probabilities. A cold-pool-driven MCS, with some bowing tendencies and a history of producing numerous measured gusts in the 60-70 mph, is rapidly approaching southern Lower MI. KGRR inbound velocity data shows a rear-inflow jet exists with this MCS, and surface observations/latest mesoanalysis show a favorable environment in place for bow-echo persistence. Surface temperatures are exceeding 90 F in spots, amid 70-75 F surface dewpoints, yielding a gradient of 1500-3500 J/kg MLCAPE. Up to 30 kts of effective bulk shear coincides with this buoyancy gradient, with vectors oriented normal to the MCS leading-line orientation. Therefore, the expectation is for a damaging wind swath to occur over southern Lower MI with the passage of this MCS. At least scattered gusts will likely exceed 50 kts in intensity, and a few of these gusts may exceed 75 mph. 30 percent wind-driven probabilities were also added over portions of eastern PA into far southeastern NY and NJ, where surface temperatures are exceeding 100 F in spots ahead of a developing multicellular cluster. While vertical wind shear is modest, the well-mixed boundary layer is yielding low-level lapse rates well over 8 C/km on a widespread basis, with corresponding DCAPE approaching 1500 J/kg. As such, several of the stronger storm cores may produce wet downbursts capable of at least tree/wire damage on a scattered basis, and a few severe gusts are also possible. Otherwise, the previous forecast (see below) remains on track.