1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 19, 2:50 AM EST, 11 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 350 AM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 .DISC...AVN/ETA/NGM ALL AGREE THAT THE SHTWV TROF DROPPING SE OUT OF ONTARIO AND SRN QUEBEC WL CAUSE MSTR ASSOCD WITH THE FNTL SYSTEM TO OUR SOUTH TO SURGE N TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTN IN ADDITION...ALL THREE MODELS INDICATE A SFC WV WL BE NEAR LONG ISLAND BY 00Z SAT. THUS...WL RAISE POPS FM EARLIER FCST BY ABOUT 10 PERCENT...AND ALSO LINGER THE CHC OF SHWRS/TSTMS INTO THIS EVE ACRS THE SE HALF OF FCST AREA. AFTER EARLY TNGT...DRIER AIR FINALLY TAKES HOLD AND MAINLY CLR/PTLY CLDY SKIES FOR THE FCST AREA THRU THE WKND. THE ONLY EXCEPTION IS EXTREME SE ZONES ON SAT WHERE BKN CLDS COULD PREVAIL AS LOW LEVEL MSTR LINGERS. .HYDROLOGICAL STATUS...NO PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED TODAY. SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL PRODUCE BASIN WIDE AVERAGES OF WELL UNDER AN INCH. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS ACRS SRN HALF OF FCST AREA COULD EXCEED AN INCH...BUT EVEN THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WUD DO LITTLE MORE THAN PRODUCE LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. DRY WX DURG THE WEEKEND. .ALY...NONE. MAGLARAS
MAZ001-NYZ061-191845- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 202 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE AND SOUTHEASTERN COLUMBIA COUNTIES... AT 202 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES SOUTH OF COPAKE...OR 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREAT BARRINGTON... MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... SOUTH EGREMONT AT 225 PM EDT... ASHLEY FALLS AND SHEFFIELD AT 235 PM EDT...
NYZ052-053-191900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 235 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN RENSSELAER AND ALBANY COUNTIES... AT 234 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES EAST OF VOORHEESVILLE...OR 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF DELMAR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... DELMAR AND COLONIE AT 240 PM EDT... LOUDONVILLE AND ALBANY AT 250 PM EDT... RENSSELAER AND MENANDS AT 255 PM EDT... WYNANTSKILL AND WATERVLIET AT 300 PM EDT... SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
NYZ048-049-191945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 308 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SCHENECTADY COUNTY... AT 308 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF ESPERANCE...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AMSTERDAM... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... DELANSON AT 315 PM EDT... MARIAVILLE AND DUANESBURG AT 320 PM EDT... PATTERSONVILLE AT 325 PM EDT... ROTTERDAM JUNCTION AT 335 PM EDT... SCHENECTADY AND ROTTERDAM AT 345 PM EDT...
NYZ063-064-VTZ014-192215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 311 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR... DURING THE PAST HOUR...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR NEAR OLIVEBRIDGE IN ULSTER COUNTY NEW YORK...AND A SPOTTER REPORTED JUST OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN TOWNSHEND VERMONT. TERRAIN IN BOTH OF THOSE AREAS IS STEEP...AND IT IS LIKELY THAT LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE BRIEFLY INUNDATED IN THOSE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. WESTERGARD
CTZ001-192015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 334 PM EDT FRI JUL 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... AT 334 PM EDT DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM FALLS VILLAGE TO WINSTED. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD ALONG THE SAME LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BE NEAR... NORFOLK...TORRINGTON...WINSTED AND NEW HARTFORD THROUGH 415 PM EDT. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATERS ON ROADWAYS.
The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms erupted ahead of cold front, on the afternoon of July 19 across Litchfield County. One of the storms became briefly severe as it moved across the town of Goshen. The winds from the storm knocked down some trees in that town.
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