1 hail, 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 16, 3:38 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 438 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 .DISC... CD FNT ACRS CNTRL VT SWRN NY WILL CONT TO DROP SEWD DRG EVE AND THEN PUSH OFF SHORE OVRNGT. WILL BE VCNTY CAPE COD/CAPE MAY SUN MRNG. HIGH WILL BUILD INTO CWA AND WILL BCM DOMINANT FEATURE FOR MOST OF WEEK. TEMPS/DEW PTS WILL BE FAIRLY COMFORTABLE AT FIRST BUT TEMPS WILL START A BRIEF REBOUND 2ND PART WEEK. EXTDD GFS SHOWS FROPA AGN NXT SAT. .HYDROLOGIC STATUS... LOCALLY VERY RAIN INDICATED ON RADAR BUT SO FAR NO RPTS OF FLOODING. HEAVIEST PCPN WILL END THIS EVE THEN THERE WILL BE A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DRY WX. .ALY...SEVERE TSTM WATCH UNTIL 700 PM. GG
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082> 084-VTZ013>015-171045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 435 AM EDT SAT AUG 16 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION...BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .DAYS TWO THOUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. SNYDER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A cold front slipping south from eastern Canada produced scattered thunderstorms across Litchfield County during the afternoon of August 16. One of these storms became briefly severe as penny size hail was reported by a NWS Spotter in Torrington.
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