Special Weather Statement, NWS Albany, NY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
403 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE OVER THE MIDWEST
TONIGHT...AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
SATURDAY. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL
ADVANCE TOWARD OUR REGION REGION ON FRIDAY...AND CROSS THE REGION ON
SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND...SOME
OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 400 PM...COVERAGE OF CONVECTION CONTINUES TO BE ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON. IT APPEARS SURFACE
BASED HAS PEAKED AROUND 1500-2500 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHER
MAGNITUDE OF INSTABILITY LIES ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS...WHILE THE
LOWER VALUES CONTINUE TO BE LOCATED NORTH. HOWEVER...THE BEST DEEP
LAYER EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 30-35 KT IS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN AREAS
WITH LESS SHEAR TO THE SOUTH. THIS CONTINUES TO RESULT IN A SETUP
WHERE BEST INSTABILITY/SHEAR DOES NOT OVERLAP. THAT BEING
SAID...CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND LIFT ASSOCIATED
WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. COVERAGE A BIT LESS THAN PREVIOUS
FORECAST LIKELY DUE TO ABSENCE OF ANY SIGNIFICANT UPPER LEVEL
FEATURE.

A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS DUE TO
WET MICROBURSTS THE MAIN THREAT ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED
OUT WITH TALLER UPDRAFTS. WILL HAVE TO SEE IF COLD POOL ORGANIZATION
WILL TAKE PLACE WITH ANY CLUSTERS OF CELLS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN
AN ENHANCED WIND DAMAGE THREAT IN SOME AREAS. SLOW MOVING STORMS
WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY LOCALIZED HEAVY
RAINFALL. CONVECTION SHOULD LAST INTO THE EVENING BEFORE SOME LOW
LEVEL STABILIZATION TAKES PLACE AFTER DARK.

OVERNIGHT...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CLOSE OFF AT 500 MB NEAR
MICHIGAN. THIS WILL INDUCE A SURFACE LOW TO SPAWN NEAR OHIO AND LIFT
NORTHEAST TO LAKE ERIE BY FRIDAY MORNING. DESPITE A LACK OF
INSTABILITY...LARGE SCALE ASCENT AHEAD OF THE DEEPENING LOW WILL
RESULT IN A CONTINUED THREAT OF SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
WILL ONLY MENTION ISOLATED THUNDER WITH SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY
PRESENT.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
FRIDAY IS WHEN THE BEST THREAT FOR AT LEAST LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL
AND POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING WILL OCCUR. CONVECTIVELY DRIVEN
SOUTH-NORTH ORIENTED RAIN BANDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE
MORNING...AIDED BY INCREASING INSTABILITY AND LARGE SCALE ASCENT ON
THE DIFFLUENT SIDE OF A CLOSED 500 MB LOW OVER THE CENTRAL GREAT
LAKES REGION.

EVEN THOUGH OUR AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE MOSTLY CLOUDY...SOME
LIMITED HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR SBCAPE TO BUILD TO AROUND 500-1000
J/KG AND WILL BE OF THE TALL-SKINNY VARIETY WITH DEEP LAYER MOISTURE
IN PLACE. THIS SET UP...WITH ANOMALOUSLY HIGH PWATS AROUND +2 STDEV
WILL RESULT IN THE LIKELIHOOD FOR DOWNPOURS AND ISOLATED FLASH
FLOODING. BASED ON LOCAL CSTAR RESEARCH...THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC SET
UP DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CONDUCIVE TO WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.
REASONS BEING...ONE UPPER JET IS FORECAST TO BE POSITIONED TOO FAR
NORTH INTO QUEBEC...WHILE ANOTHER JET STREAK WILL BE POSITIONED JUST
DOWNSTREAM OF THE 500 MB LOW AND ORIENTED SUCH THAT OUR REGION WILL
BE GETTING TO THE UNFAVORABLE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF THE JET.
ALSO...THE CORE OF STRONGEST 850 MB WINDS WILL BE OVER CENTRAL
NY...WITH THE NOSE POINTING TO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO. SO...OVERALL
LIMITING FACTORS FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EXIST...BUT THERE REMAINS
THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING AND WILL
MENTION IN HWO.

ANOTHER POTENTIAL HAZARD ON FRIDAY IS SEVERE WEATHER. BASED ON
LATEST DATA...IT APPEARS THE SEVERE THREAT IS NEBULOUS AT BEST.
INSTABILITY WILL BE THE MAIN QUESTION...BUT EVEN THE DEEP LAYER 0-6
KM SHEAR MAGNITUDE WILL NOT BE EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG EITHER FOR THIS
TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT AROUND 25 TO PERHAPS 35 KT. FEEL THE BIGGER
THREAT WILL BE THE LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH
FOR ANY TALLER UPDRAFTS THAT OCCUR AND MAY BE ABLE TO PRODUCE WET
MICROBURSTS. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE FORECAST TO BE RATHER MEAGER
AROUND 5.5 TO NEAR 6.0 C/KM. A SECONDARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE
POSITIONED ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC REGION...WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE
FOCUS FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS SOUTH OF OUR AREA.

CONVECTIVE BANDS OF RAIN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FEED INTO THE AREA
FRIDAY EVENING...BUT SHOULD TEND TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS LARGE
SCALE ASCENT DIMINISHES SOMEWHAT WITH THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW
LIFTING MORE NORTHWARD THAN EASTWARD. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY
RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

ON SATURDAY MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH SHOWING THE OCCLUDED
SURFACE BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA DURING THE DAY. ENVIRONMENT ALOFT WILL SLOWLY DRY OUT
ALOFT...WITH AGAIN SOME MARGINAL INSTABILITY DEVELOPING.
HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR CONVECTION WILL BE AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE
OCCLUDED BOUNDARY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOLLOWING THE
BOUNDARY EASTWARD AND STABILIZATION OCCURRING IN ITS WAKE. THERE
WILL BE A CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE
ELEMENTS AND WILL MENTION IN FORECAST...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF ANY
FLASH FLOODING LOOKS TO BE LOWER THAN FRIDAY.

A DRY SLOT WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AS FLOW ALOFT
BECOMES MORE SOUTHWEST. LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN LOW STRATUS WITH A FEW SHOWERS STILL POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH
AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION AS A SPOKE OR TWO OF VORTICITY
ROTATES AROUND THE SPRAWLING UPPER LOW.

&&

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
THE SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW WILL BE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AT
THE START OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD.  THE SYSTEM WILL BE CLOSE TO BEING
VERTICALLY STACKED AS IT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY ON
SUNDAY ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO. WITH THE LATEST 12 UTC GFS
SHOWING THE STORM/S OCCLUDED FRONT HAVING ALREADY MOVED THROUGH OUR
AREA...THE MAJORITY OF THE REGION LOOKS DRY ON SUNDAY...WITH LESS
HUMID AIR MOVING IN ON A W-SW WIND. THE ONLY AREA THAT STILL MAY SEE
SOME SHOWERS WILL BE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE AREA
/WESTERN ADIRONDACKS/ WHERE CYCLONIC FLOW...AIDED BY ADDITIONAL
MOISTURE OFF LAKE ONTARIO...MAY PRODUCE A FEW SCT RAIN SHOWERS
DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. TEMPS LOOK SEASONABLE...WITH TEMPS RANGING
FROM THE MID 70S OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN TO LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S IN
VALLEY AREAS.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST FOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING FOR DRY WEATHER. WHILE THE HUMIDITY LEVELS
WILL INITIALLY BE COMFORTABLE...THEY WILL CREEP UPWARD BY MONDAY
EVENING. TEMPS LOOK SEASONABLE AND SIMILAR TO SUNDAY ON
MONDAY...WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S FOR VALLEY AREAS.

ANOTHER SHORTWAVE LOOKS TO APPROACH THE REGION FOR THE MID WEEK
PERIOD. HAVE INCLUDED CHC POPS FOR SHRA/TSRA FOR TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY...AS THE SHORTWAVE SLOWLY TRAVERSES THE AREA. WITH THE 12
UTC GFS SHOWING SOME INSTABILITY /LI VALUES LESS THAN ZERO/...WILL
INCLUDE CHC THUNDER DURING THE DAY AND SLIGHT CHC THUNDER DURING THE
OVERNIGHT PERIODS.  MAX TEMPS IN VALLEY AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN
THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. MIN TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 50S
TO MID 60S.

THERE ARE SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES BY THE LATE WEEK PERIOD. THE 00 UTC
ECMWF SHOWED ANOTHER CUTOFF LOW MOVING TOWARDS OUR AREA FROM
CANADA...WHILE THE GFS SHOW GENERALLY ZONAL FLOW...WITH WEAK RIDGING
OVER THE AREA FOR THURSDAY. FOR NOW...WILL GO WITH SLIGHT CHC POPS
FOR THURSDAY...AND CONTINUED SEASONABLE TEMPS.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
WITH A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WORKING ACROSS THE REGION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS OUR REGION...ONE HAD
ALREADY MARGINALLY IMPACTED KALB. MORE CELLS ARE ON THE WAY.

WENT AHEAD AND USED A TEMPO AT ALL SITES FOR THUNDER WITH HIGH END
MVFR AND POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH FOR THE BALANCE OF THE
AFTERNOON. THEY WILL BE HIT OR MISS BUT UP TO A 50 PERCENT
PROBABILITY THAT ONE COULD IMPACT ANY TAF SITE AT ANY TIME...AT
LEAST BRIEFLY.

OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING WITH A LIGHT SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST WIND UNDER 10KTS.

FOR THIS EVENING...CONVECTION LOOKS TO DIMINISH BUT WILL CARRY A
VCSH FOR THE EVENING HOURS TO REFLECT ABOUT A 25 PERCENT POSSIBILITY
THAT A SHOWER OR EVEN THUNDERSTORM COULD STILL BRIEFLY IMPACT A TAF
SITE.

LATER OVERNIGHT...THE THREAT OF CONVECTION LOOKS VERY LOW (UNDER 20
PERCENT) AS WE LOOSE THE HEATING OF THE DAY AND THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
LIFTS BACK NORTH. WITH LOTS OF MOISTURE IN PLACE...SOME FOG (AND
EVEN LOW CLOUDS) A PRETTY GOOD BET ESPECIALLY AT KGFL/KPSF WHERE WE
TAKE CIGS/VSBY TO IFR. AT THE OTHER TWO SITES...KEPT CONDITIONS AT
MVFR FOR NOW. HOWEVER...IF A LOT OF RAIN WERE TO FALL AT ANY SITE
BETWEEN NOW AND THE OVERNIGHT...MIGHT HAVE TO RETHINK THIS SCENARIO.
SO...IF YOU NEED TO FLY OUT OF ANY OF THE AIRPORT SITES EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING...PLEASE CHECK BACK LATER ON.

ON FRIDAY...A STRONG DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES WILL
GENERATE LARGE SCALE ASCENT OVER OUR REGION. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS. FOR NOW...USED PROB30
GROUPS FOR MVFR THUNDERSTORMS SINCE THE EXACT TIMING OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED UNCERTAIN.

OUTLOOK...
FRI-NITE-SAT...SUB-VFR. SHRA/TSRA LIKELY. AM LOW CLOUDS/FOG.
SAT NGT-MON...VFR. NO SIG WX.
TUE...VFR. CHC SUB-VFR SHRA/TSRA.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK TONIGHT
AND FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL ORGANIZE OVER THE MIDWEST
TONIGHT...AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
SATURDAY. THE COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM SYSTEM WILL
ADVANCE TOWARD OUR REGION REGION ON FRIDAY...AND CROSS THE REGION ON
SATURDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A PROLONGED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND...SOME
OF WHICH WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. A WETTING RAINFALL IS LIKELY
FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AT SOME POINT BETWEEN THIS EVENING AND SATURDAY.
HUMID CONDITIONS WILL ALSO PERSIST DURING THIS TIME.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
A MODERATE TO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT REMAINS POSSIBLE FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. THE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY MAINLY BE DUE TO
CONVECTIVE BANDS OF RAIN...RATHER THAN A WIDESPREAD SWATH OF
STRATIFORM RAIN. THEREFORE...RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD VARY DRASTICALLY
ACROSS THE AREA DEPENDING ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST CONVECTIVE RAIN
BANDS SET UP. WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT AFFECTING
THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY...MOST LOCATIONS WILL HAVE A GOOD
PROBABILITY OF EXPERIENCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AT SOME POINT
DURING THIS TIME.

AGAIN RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD BE WIDE RANGING DUE TO THE CONVECTIVE
NATURE OF THE PRECIPITATION...WITH GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED
THROUGH THE EVENT ON SATURDAY. SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WHERE PERSISTENT DOWNPOURS OCCUR. THERE WILL
BE ABOVE NORMAL DEEP LAYER MOISTURE AVAILABLE...WHICH WILL RESULT IN
THE POTENTIAL FOR DOWNPOURS.

IT IS STILL UNCERTAIN WHERE THE HIGHEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
OCCUR...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS
TIME IT APPEARS WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING IS UNLIKELY...BUT
SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED.

MAIN STEM RIVER FLOODING APPEARS UNLIKELY...DUE TO THE LOW FLOWS/DRY
CONDITIONS AND HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLY NOT BEING WIDESPREAD ENOUGH
TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE RIVERS. THERE COULD BE SOME SHARP
WITHIN BANK RISES OVER BASINS THAT RECEIVE GREATER COVERAGE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED
FLASH FLOODING IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.

FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...INCLUDING OBSERVED
AND FORECAST RIVER STAGES AND LAKE ELEVATIONS...PLEASE VISIT THE
ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON OUR WEBSITE.

&&

.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MA...NONE.
VT...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JPV
NEAR TERM...JPV
SHORT TERM...JPV
LONG TERM...FRUGIS
AVIATION...HWJIV
FIRE WEATHER...JPV
HYDROLOGY...JPV

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
419 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-
VTZ013>015-101100-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
419 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST
CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THIS EVENING.
THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58
MPH...ALTHOUGH SOME LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS A
LOW PROBABILITY FOR A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE ON
FRIDAY...MAINLY FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

IN ADDITION...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PERSISTENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD VARY
WIDELY ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SHARP WITHIN
BANK RISES ARE LIKELY ALONG SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS...WITH PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED INTO THIS EVENING.

CTZ001-013-101100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-
419 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THIS EVENING AS AN
INCREASING WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE REGION. WHILE
SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS LOW...AN ISOLATED WIND GUST TO 50 MPH
IS POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS A
LOW PROBABILITY FOR A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE ON
FRIDAY...MAINLY FROM DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

IN ADDITION...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 4 INCHES POSSIBLE
WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PERSISTENT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS COULD VARY
WIDELY ACROSS THE AREA. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SHARP WITHIN
BANK RISES ARE LIKELY ALONG SOME MAIN STEM RIVERS...WITH PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
401 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

NYZ038-039-092030-
SOUTHERN FULTON NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
401 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY
RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF POLAND...OR ABOUT
OVER UTICA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
POLAND BY 420 PM EDT
NEWPORT...COLD BROOK AND MIDDLEVILLE BY 425 PM EDT

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.

LAT...LON 4322 7508 4324 7515 4326 7516 4328 7516
      4334 7486 4328 7471 4318 7470 4317 7472
      4315 7471 4314 7474 4312 7473 4310 7466
      4307 7520
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 257DEG 23KT 4317 7521

SNYDER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
417 PM EDT THU AUG 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PERTH                   43.01N  74.19W
08/09/2012                   FULTON             NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1200171

IRL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
423 PM EDT THU AUG 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0422 PM     HAIL             BROADALBIN              43.06N  74.20W
08/09/2012  E0.88 INCH       FULTON             NY   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN

&&

EVENT NUMBER ALY1200172

IRL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
429 PM EDT THU AUG 09 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     HAIL             BROADALBIN              43.06N  74.20W
08/09/2012  E0.88 INCH       FULTON             NY   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN

&&

CORRECTED EVENT TIME

EVENT NUMBER ALY1200172

IRL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
437 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

NYZ032-033-092130-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
437 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 434 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MCKEEVER...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD
FORGE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MCKEEVER BY 450 PM EDT
NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 515 PM EDT
OLD FORGE BY 520 PM EDT
ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...LIMEKILN LAKE CAMPGROUND...EAGLE BAY
AND INLET BY 530 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4394 7482 4367 7452 4349 7510 4350 7510
      4375 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 239DEG 17KT 4358 7518

NAS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
449 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

NYZ042-043-092115-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
449 PM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF HAGUE...OR ABOUT
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WHITEHALL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HAGUE BY 510 PM EDT
ROGERS ROCK CAMPGROUND BY 515 PM EDT

LAT...LON 4379 7335 4364 7343 4359 7343 4357 7340
      4363 7336 4362 7330 4353 7324 4332 7326
      4342 7362 4351 7364 4356 7361 4366 7350
      4359 7361 4372 7379 4374 7376 4378 7371
      4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 223DEG 14KT 4372 7362

SNYDER