A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Thursday at 2:27 p.m. for gusty showers until 3 p.m. for Albany and Rensselaer counties.
Residents can anticipate wind gusts of up to 40 mph.
"At 2:27 p.m., Doppler radar tracked gusty showers over East Greenbush, moving northeast at 40 mph," says the weather service. "Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects."
Locations impacted by the alert include East Greenbush, Castleton-On-Hudson, West Sand Lake, Wyantskill, Averill Park, Selkirk, Wynantskill, North Greenbush, Brunswick, Sand Lake, Poestenkill, East Nassau, Brookview, Van Hoesen Station, Albia, West Stephentown, Beckers Corners, Millers Corners, Taborton and Barberville. This includes the following highways: Interstate 90 between exits 10 and