A weather alert was issued by the National Weather Service on Sunday at 4:55 p.m. for gusty showers until 5:30 p.m. for Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia counties.

Residents can be ready for wind gusts of up to 40 mph.

"At 4:54 p.m., Doppler radar tracked gusty showers near East Greenbush, moving southeast at 15 mph," adds the weather service. "Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects."

Locations impacted by the alert include Albany, East Greenbush, Rensselaer, Nassau, Menands, Stephentown, New Lebanon, Castleton-On-Hudson, West Sand Lake, Averill Park, North Greenbush, Sand Lake, Canaan, East Nassau, Brookview, Van Hoesen Station, West Stephentown, Jacks Corners, Millers Corners and Rayville. This includes the following highways: Interstate 90 between exi

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