Tornado watch issued for North Country
Channel: MMR NEWS
Date: 22/08/2017

BURLINGTON, Vt. — A tornado watch has been issued for northern and western New York, and additionally parts of Vermont. 

The watch keeps going until 9 p.m. 

The National Weather Service office in Burlington made the declaration around early afternoon today. The watch applies to all northern New York districts. 

The Weather Service singled out St. Lawrence County and northwestern Franklin County, New York, for a notice about serious rainstorms, including wind whirlwinds to 60 mph that are required to harm trees and electrical cables. 

Little hail, brief overwhelming precipitation, and successive lightning are normal with the electrical storm action.