1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 12, 10:00 AM EST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1100 AM EDT SAT MAY 12 2001 .DISC...PCPN TAKING ITS TIME HEADING E WITH STILL A LOT OF SS E AND S OF KALB. MOST PCPN HAS BEEN AT OR BHND FNT. VIS SAT IMAGES INDICATING SOME CONVECTV CLOUDINESS NOW GROWING IN MTNS OF S VT AND ACRS SE CTSKLS. ANAL OF KALB AND KOKX RAOBS SUPPORTS MODEST (300-500 J/KG) CAPES AT BEST OVER ALY CWA. H8 WINDS AHD OF CDFNT FCST TO BE 20 KT OR LESS. OF SOME CONCERN IS RATHER STG UL JET 100 KT MOVG INTO W NY ATTM. UL WINDS WL STRENGTHEN AS THE DAY GOES ON BUT PROBLY WL BE TOO LT TO INFLUENCE CONVECTION IN OUR AREA. ALSO AS LOW DVLPS TO OUR E THIS AFTN...FNT MAY JUMP E OF AREA QUICKLY IN SPITE OF SLO MOVEMENT TO THIS POINT. BOTTOM LINE...FEEL SVR THREAT LOW. HAV GLANCED AT 12Z M-ETA. FCST CAPES DOWN FM PREV RUN. MOISTR/PCPN PULL OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY THIS EVE. WL UPDATE TO CLEAN UP WORDG AND ADDRESS TIMI*NG. TEMPS UPPED IN SE AND E. .ALY...NONE.
The Albany radar (KENX), 8 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:15 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning from a thunderstorm struck the roof of a house in Ravena. Three fire companies responded quickly, and contained the fire to the attic with minimal damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5242693.