Expires:No;;534621 WWUS81 KALY 030002 SPSALY SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEA EXTENDING FROM GREAT BARRINGTON TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BARRINGTON TO 15 MILES NORTH OF SHERMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LEE BY 805 PM EDT SHEFFIELD BY 810 PM EDT FALLS VILLAGE...CORNWALL BRIDGE...CORNWALL BRIDGE POTTERY AND CANAAN BY 820 PM EDT OTIS BY 840 PM EDT NORFOLK...TORRINGTON AND SANDISFIELD BY 845 PM EDT RAIN RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...AS WELL AS MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN...AND LOW LYING AREAS. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. $$ FRUGIS