A report was issued from the National Weather Service on Thursday at 3:18 p.m. for strong thunderstorms until 4 p.m. for Herkimer and Hamilton counties.
Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 50 mph.
"At 3:18 p.m., Doppler radar tracked strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of Pitcairn to 7 miles west of McKeever. Movement was east at 35 mph," says the weather service. "Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects."
Locations impacted by the alert include Old Forge, Inlet, Brown Tract Pond Campground, Limekiln Lake Campground, Big Moose, Nicks Lake Campground, Eighth Lake Campground, Eagle Bay, Alger Island Public Campground, Little Rapids, Beaver River, Minnehaha, Carter Station, Sabattis, Robinwood, Partlow, Brandreth, Wo