ALBANY — Meteorologists are warning that rolling across the Capital Region on Thursday afternoon could bring damaging winds, hail and possibly even a tornado.
The National Weather Center’s Storm Prediction Center issued a warning for a slight risk of severe thunderstorms in upstate New York. The alert said the storm system’s primary threats for the region are damaging gusts and the potential for a tornado to develop. An alert from the National Weather Service in Albany noted the greatest risk would be later in the day.
“We certainly are looking at the possibility for those storms to be on the stronger side,” said Michael Main, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albany…