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NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 29, 3:50 AM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 350 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003 .DISCUSSION... WET DAY ON TAP FOR THE ENTIRE CWA (MOSTLY THE MORNING). SFC WAVE OF LOPRES MOVING UP THE ERN SEABOARD ATTM ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT. WV IMAGERY/00Z UA ANALYSES SHOWS NEG TILT DIGGING UPPER TROF STRETCHING FROM U.P. OF MICH TO GEORGIA. S/W ROTATING THRU THE BASE OF THE UPR TROF IS QUITE STRONG AND IS AIDING IN THE DVLPMENT OF WDSPRD CONVECTIVE RAFL OVER ERN NC. QUESTION TODAY IS WHERE DOES THE SFC WV OF LOPRES CROSS THE CWA? MODELS SEEM TO BE IN AGREEMENT THAT THE LO WL CROSS OVER ERN PORTIONS OF LI THEN N INTO NEW ENGLAND FROM THERE. THIS LEAVES ALMOST ALL OF THE CWA OUT OF THE WARM SECTOR...WITH BASICALLY A COOL NELY FLOW WITH STEADY LIGHT TO MOD RAIN THIS MORNING. WL BE KEEPING CLOSE EYE ON RADAR TRENDS EARLY THIS MORNING OF THE MIDATL...AS RAIN THERE LOOKS CONVECTIVE IN NATURE AND QUITE HEAVY. SUSPECT THAT THIS ACTIVITY WL LOSE SOME PUNCH AS IT MOVES NWD INTO THE MORE STABLE AIR IN OUR AREA. HOWEVER...PURE EXTRAPOLATION OF THIS ACTIVITY BRINGS SOME HVY RAIN INTO THIS AREA SHORTLY BFR 12Z. DO NOT EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF THUNDER TODAY AS MOST OF CWA WL BE ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE LO. ERN LI AND EXTREME ERN CT MAY HAVE BEST SHOT AT HEARING A FEW RUMBLES AS THEY STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING WARM SECTOR ATMOS. NOTICE THAT THE SPC HAD ERN AREAS OF CWA IN SLT RISK ON DAY 2 OTLK...BUT NOW IN NEW DY1 HAS JUST A GENERAL TSTM AREA IN EXTREME ERN AREAS. AGREE WITH THIS THINKING DUE TO AFOREMENTIONED REASONS. WINDS SHOULD NOT BE MUCH OF A PROBLEM HERE...AS COOL BL TEMPS SHOULD PRECLUDE MUCH MIXING. HOWEVER...DECENT LLJ DVLPS OVERHEAD ERLY THIS MORNING THRU FROPA. ONCE AGAIN...IF FAR ERN AREAS CAN REALIZE WARM SECTOR...THEN A FEW STRONG GUSTS COULD OCCUR RIGHT BEFORE FROPA...ESP IF ANY CNVCTN CAN MATERIALIZE. THIS WL HAVE TO BE MONITORED ON THE MESOSCALE. TEMPS WL BE PROBLEMATIC AS WELL. WITH OVC AND STEADY RAIN FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY...THEY WL NOT GO ANYWHERE. THE EXCEPTION WL BE OVER ERN LI/ERN CT WHERE SOME 60S SHOULD OCCUR IF WARM SECTORED. OTHER THAN TODAY...THE REST OF THE FCST LOOKS RATHER NICE. FRONT SWEEPS OFFSHORE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BRING AN END TO THE THREAT OF PCPN. SKIES CLEAR OUT TONIGHT...AND FAIR WX WL EXTEND FROM TMRW THRU THE WEEKEND AND EVEN INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK. BACKDOOR FRONT MAY KNOCK ON OUR BACKDOORS THIS WEEKEND INNTO THE EARLY WEEK. HOWEVER...CURRENT MODEL INDICATIONS LOOK LIKE IT MAY STAY N. ECM AND GFS SEEM TO BE IN BETTER THAN AVG AGREEMENT ON THIS. THIS MEANS A WARM WEEKEND AND WARM MONDAY (70S POSSIBLE). WOULD BE A NICE INDIAN SUMMER, INDEED. ONCE AGAIN, BACKDOOR FRONT WL HAVE TO BE WATCHED AS IT MAY WANT TO PLAY THE SPOILER (ESP SUNDAY). && .MARINE...WINDS GENERALLY NOT AS STRONG AS SYNOPTIC PATTERN WOULD SUGGEST AT THE MOMENT. FEEL THAT THE MODELS HAVE OVERDONE THE WIND MAGNITUDES IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE WAVE...SO WILL SHAVE A BIT OFF THE PRIOR FORECAST. FEEL THAT THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE JUST EAST OF OUR WATERS...ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND COAST. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL REMAIN UP FOR THE OCEAN WATERS DUE TO 5 TO 6 FT SEAS...WITH AN UPWARD TREND EXPECTED TODAY. && .AVIATION...TERMINALS GENERALLY RUNNING WITH VFR OR HIGH END MVFR VSBYS IN LIGHT RAIN...ALONG WITH IFR OR LIFR CIGS. DONT SEE ANY REASON FOR THE CIGS TO IMPROVE THROUGH ABOUT 14Z OR SO...IF ANYTHING THEY WILL COME DOWN. AS FOR VSBY...GENERALLY WILL RUN THE SAME UNTIL AROUND 11-12Z...THEN DROP TO IFR AS HEAVIER RAIN...AND SOME CONVECTIVE SHOWERS START TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION. WILL GRADUALLY START TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT AROUND MIDDAY AS THE WAVE LIFS NORTH/NORTHEAST OF THE AREA. SHOULD RETURN TO VFR CIGS/VSBYS ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE FINAL FEW HOURS OF DAYLIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. && .HYDROLOGY...EXPECT PLENTY OF URBAN/STREET NUISANCE TYPE FLOODING THIS MORNING AS IS THE CASE WITH MOST RAIN EVENTS AROUND HERE. RIVERS CAN TAKE QUITE A BIT...WITH LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTING THAT OVER 4 INCHES WILL HAVE TO FALL IN A 6 HOUR PERIOD TO START CAUSING PROBLEMS. WERE LOOKING AT A BASIN AVERAGE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS MORNING...SO RIVERS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE IT. THERE ARE A FEW SPOTS IN THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND NERN NJ THAT HAD 2-3 INCHES OF RAFL JUST OVER 24 HOURS AGO...AND IT IS THESE AREAS THAT WL HAVE TO BE WATCHED...ESP IF DEEPER-TYPE CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER MIDATL CAN MAINTAIN ITS INTENSITY AND MOVE UP HERE. IF RAINS BECOME HEAVY FOR AN EXTENDED PD OF TIME THIS MORNING...ISOLD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES CT...NONE. NJ...NONE. NY...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY...ANZ355-353-350. PUBLIC/DATABASE...EKSTER AVIATION/MARINE...JK
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</html>CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 413 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003 ...HEAVY RAINFALL A LIKELYHOOD THIS MORNING... LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL PASS ACROSS LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING...AND INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOW WILL BE AT ITS HEAVIEST THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE RUSH HOUR. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AS WELL AS RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE 1 TO 2 INCHES OR RAIN WITHOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. IF THE HEAVY RAIN BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD AND LONGER IN DURATION...MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD RESULT. STORM DRAINS CLOGGED WITH LEAVES WILL COMPOUND FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS. OVERALL...THIS MORNINGS RUSH WILL BE A VERY WET ONE...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION. SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEREASTERN CONNECTICUT AND SUFFOLK COUNTY NEW YORK FROM MID MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV
CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-291600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 413 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003 ...HEAVY RAINFALL A LIKELYHOOD THIS MORNING... LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST WILL PASS ACROSS LONG ISLAND THIS MORNING...AND INTO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOW WILL BE AT ITS HEAVIEST THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY DURING THE RUSH HOUR. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AS WELL AS RISES ON AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS. AT THIS TIME...IT LOOKS LIKE MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE THE 1 TO 2 INCHES OR RAIN WITHOUT MAJOR PROBLEMS. IF THE HEAVY RAIN BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD AND LONGER IN DURATION...MORE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS COULD RESULT. STORM DRAINS CLOGGED WITH LEAVES WILL COMPOUND FLOODING PROBLEMS IN SOME AREAS. OVERALL...THIS MORNINGS RUSH WILL BE A VERY WET ONE...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR DESTINATION. SLOW DOWN TO PREVENT HYDROPLANING. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEREASTERN CONNECTICUT AND SUFFOLK COUNTY NEW YORK FROM MID MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV MLE
CTZ005>012-NYZ078>081-291415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 813 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003 AT 812 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON NY HAS DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR SOUTHBURY CONNECTICUT TO COPIAGUE NEW YORK...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF... SMITHTOWN...ISLIP...HAUPPAUGE...CENTRAL ISLIP AROUND 820 AM... MIDDLEBURY AROUND 825 AM... WIND GUSTS FROM 46 MPH TO 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO 1 INCH PER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. REYNOLDS
CTZ008-012-NYZ079-081-291515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 919 AM EST WED OCT 29 2003 AT 917 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN UPTON NY HAS DETECTED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF SOUTHAMPTON...MOVING NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE IN THE VICINITY OF... SOUTHAMPTON...NOYACK...WATERMILL...SAG HARBOR AROUND 930 AM... NEW LONDON...GROTON AROUND 945 AM NORWICH AROUND 955 AM WIND GUSTS FROM 46 MPH TO 57 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. SR
The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:17 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
As a thunderstorm moved across Long Island Sound, it developed into a severe thunderstorm. This storm then produced damaging winds that knocked down a tree on Payne Road. This incident was reported by the local Police Department.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, October 2003
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5372266.