1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 28, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 250 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 .DISC... FRONTAL PCPN FADING NRN SECTIONS AND EXPANDING SOUTHERN SECTIONS. REST OF THE AFTN AND EARLY EVENING PERIOD WARRENTED. NRN SPOKE ENERGY GEN- ERATING SHRA ST LAWRENCE VALLEY WHICH MAY BRUSH NRN HERK HAMILTON COUNTIES. COLD FRONT LINGERING FARTHER BACK THAN BOTH ETA/AVN PROJECTED. H500 TROF EAST CWA BEFORE 06Z TNGT WITH BUILDING RIDGE TO FOLLOW. WED/THU LOOKING FINE. RETURN FLOW THUR LIKELY TO BRING TEMPS BEYOND COOL FWC NUMBERS BUT NOT AS WARM AS MAV PROJECTIONS. NEXT THREAT SHRA FRIDAY WITH S/WV ROTATING THROUGH SWIFT SHARPENING ERN CANADIAN TROF. .ALY...NONE. WILEY
CTZ001-NYZ065-066-282145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 520 PM EDT TUE AUG 28 2001 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DUTCHESS AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES... AT 520 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF RED OAKS MILL...OR 7 MILES EAST OF POUGHKEEPSIE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... MILLBROOK AT 535 PM EDT... DOVER PLAINS AT 540 PM EDT... AMENIA AT 545 PM EDT... RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL VARY FROM A TENTH OF AN INCH TO UP TO AN INCH IN A FEW ISOLATED AREAS. WASULA
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A line of thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front on the evening of August 28, across Litchfield County. One of the storms became severe as it approached the eastern extreme end of the county. Winds from the storm blew down a few trees and power lines in the town of New Hartford.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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