{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.159668c133f1b8088099bf1058ba5e133d88afb5.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 4 at 5:30PM EDT until July 4 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Albany NY","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-04","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.159668c133f1b8088099bf1058ba5e133d88afb5.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Albany NY"},"word_count":94,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 4 at 5:30PM EDT until July 4 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Albany NY\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Litchfield, CT; Berkshire, MA\n**Issued by:** NWS Albany NY\n**Sent:** 2026-07-04T17:30:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-04T17:30:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-04T23:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM\nWATCH 459 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS\nEVENING\n\nIN CONNECTICUT THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY\n\nIN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT\n\nLITCHFIELD\n\nIN MASSACHUSETTS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY\n\nIN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS\n\nBERKSHIRE\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DALTON, FLORIDA, HANCOCK,\nNORTH ADAMS, PITTSFIELD, AND TORRINGTON."}