4:05 PM Thursday UPDATE: Chenango & Otsego counties have been REMOVED from the severe thunderstorm WATCH. As we have been saying, the best chance for severe thunderstorms is in eastern New York.
A severe thunderstorm watch means conditions are capable of producing severe weather, while a warning means a severe thunderstorm is occurring or imminent. A tornado watch means conditions are ...
Severe storms — thunderstorms that produce tornadoes, hail at least one inch in diameter, or damaging winds (58 mph or higher) — are destructive and deadly. They cause an average of 200 deaths ...