Severe Weather Statement

National Weather Service Binghamton NY

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN ONEIDA COUNTY...

At 703 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles southeast of McKeever to Hinckley to New York Mills, moving east at 70 mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated. There have been multiple reports of trees down with these storms.

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...

Utica, Rome, Kirkland, Verona, Westmoreland, Trenton, Paris, Deerfield, Floyd and Whitesboro.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.