1 hail, 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 Aug 2, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 310 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2002 .DISC... AFTR COORD WITH SPC HV ISSUED SVR TSTM WW FOR PRTNS OF THE CWA UNTIL 7 PM. MAINLY A HAIL EVENT WITH ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE EXPECTED. MAIN PBLM WITH MOST OF THE STORMS WILL BE VRY HVY RAIN. REPORTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR IS POSSIBLE. SVR WX PARAMETERS ARE MARGINAL FOR THIS EVENT ACRS THE RGN WITH WBZ BV 12K FT AND H8 WNDS OF 20-30 KTS. UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW AND LACK OF COOL AIR ALFT WILL LEAD TO JUST GARDEN TYPE TSTMS FOR MOST OF THE RGN. DIURNL HTG LLVL MOIST ADVCTN AND CAPE VALUES BTWN 1500-2000 ACRS THE SERN PTN OF NY AND SRN WRN NEW ENG WILL TEND TO PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THE SVR WX ACRS THESE AREAS. HV FOLLOWED THE MAV/FWC GUIDANCE SPLIT FOR THE PACKAGE WITH LITTLE VARIATION FROM THE MODELS DUE TO TIME. AFTER CLD FRNT PASSES THIS EVENING WE CAN EXPCT HI PRES TO BUILD INTO THE RGN FROM CNDN WITH MNLY CLR SKIES FOR THE WEEKEND AND ABV NRML TEMPS. .HYDROLOGICAL STATUS...NO SIGNIFICANT HYDRO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED. WE HAVE FORECAST A QPF OF 0.5-1.0 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. 3-HR FFGS ARE MOSTLY IN 4 TO 4.5 INCH RANGE. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS...MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF A COUPLE OF INCHES SO THE MAIN CONCERN WOULD CONTINUE TO BE URBAN FLDG FROM SHORT BURSTS OVR BUILT UP AREAS. DRY WX IS FORECAST SAT AND SUN. .ALY...NONE.
NYZ052-059-021730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1255 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ALBANY AND GREENE COUNTIES... AT 1255 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER ALCOVE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF DELMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... RAVENA AT 100 PM EDT... CLIMAX AND NEW BALTIMORE AT 105 PM EDT... COXSACKIE AT 110 PM EDT... ATHENS AT 125 PM EDT... RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF ROADWAYS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS PASS.
NYZ059-060-021745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 109 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COLUMBIA AND GREENE COUNTIES... AT 109 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF SURPRISE...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF HUDSON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... CLIMAX AND NEW BALTIMORE AT 120 PM EDT... COXSACKIE AT 125 PM EDT... KINDERHOOK AND ATHENS AT 135 PM EDT... HUDSON AND VALATIE AT 140 PM EDT... STOTTVILLE AND PHILMONT AT 145 PM EDT... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO INCHES AN HOUR...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS.
MAZ001-NYZ053-054-VTZ013-014-021800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 118 PM EDT FRI AUG 2 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BERKSHIRE...BENNINGTON...WINDHAM AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES... AT 118 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF HEARTWELLVILLE TO 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF CENTER BRUNSWICK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF TOWNSHEND TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF TROY 8 MILES EAST OF BENNINGTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... PUTNEY AND WHITINGHAM AT 125 PM EDT... BRATTLEBORO AND CHERRYPLAIN AT 130 PM EDT... GUILFORD CENTER AND STEPHENTOWN AT 135 PM EDT... VERNON AND SAVOY AT 140 PM EDT... PITTSFIELD AND DALTON AT 145 PM EDT... RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWO INCHES AN HOUR...WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
232 PM EDT FRI AUG 02 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0155 PM GHENT NY WIND DAMAGE
08/02/02 COLUMBIA POWER LINES AND TREES
DOWN.
0222 PM LEE MA 1 INCH HAIL
08/02/02 BERKSHIRE QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
WASULAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon and evening hours of August 2 across Litchfield County. One of the storms briefly pulsed to severe levels, depositing hail one inch in diameter in the town of Colebrook.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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