1 flash flood, 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 9, 1:20 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 220 PM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 .DISC...TROUGH HANGS TOUGH IN THE EAST. SLIGHT VARIATION TO THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS PATTERN OF SHRA/TSRA. CONVECTION FAIRLY WIDESPREAD EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF COUNTY WARNING AREA (CWA) WITH SCATTERED HERE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES. FLOW ALOFT DECENT SO CELLS MOVING. WILL REQUIRE TRAINING TO PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINS THIS AFTERNOON. MEANWHILE SURGE OF MOISTURE MOVING UP THE COAST TOWARDS US AS WAVE MOVES UP THE APPALACHIANS. JET TO WEST PROVIDES GOOD UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACROSS SE HALF OF CWA TONIGHT SHOULD HELP ENHANCE RAIN. HOWEVER, 850 MB JET 30-40 KT REMAINS WELL TO OUR EAST ACROSS EAST PORTION OF NEW ENGLAND. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS REMAIN (2+ INCHES) SO HEAVY RAIN LIKELY BUT WITH JET AND ITS ASSOCIATED CONVERGENCE WELL TO THE EAST WE SHOULDNT SEE EXCESSIVE RAINS AS OCCURRED ON SATURDAY OF THE JULY 14-16, 2000 EVENT. WILL CONTINUE WATCH AS IS BASED ON CONVECTIVE THREAT THIS AFTERNOON AND GENERAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. COORDINATED WITH BGM BUT FOR NOW WILL NOT EXTEND FFA FURTHER WEST. SURFACE TROUGH FOCUSING MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THERE. FOR SUNDAY, WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH BUT CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL AGAIN BE THERE, ESPECIALLY IF CLOUDS BREAK SOME. ETA MUCH MORE PRONOUNCED WITH DRY SLOT THAN GFS WITH VERY LITTLE RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. LITTLE CHANGE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE ESPECIALLY IN AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TROUGH BEGINS TO SLIDE EAST ON WEDNESDAY. WILL DROP SHOWERS NORTH AND WEST BUT CONTINUE SOUTH AND EAST. DRY AND WARM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE OCCURS WITH RIDGE BUILDING IN THE EAST. RAISED MAX TEMPERATURES ABOVE MAX VALUES BASED ON FORECAST UPPER AIR PATTERN AND 850 MB TEMPERATURES. IF RIDGE DOESNT MATERIALIZE AS FORECAST IT OBVIOUSLY WONT BE AS WARM. 12Z GFS A LITTLE SLOWER WITH RIDGE DEVLOPMENT AND COULD SLOW WARMING. .HYDROLOGIC DISC...FFG VALUES ACROSS FA 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES IN AN HR...2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES IN 3 HOURS AND 3.5 TO 4.5 INCHES IN 6 HOURS. WHILE THESE VALUES ARE REASONABLE ACROSS AN ENTIRE ZONE...INDIVIDUAL LOCATIONS WHICH RECEIVED COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF PCPN DURING FIRST 8 DAYS THIS MONTH LIKELY TO HAVE LOWER THRESHOLDS. FAIRLY WIDESPREAD 1.5 TO 2.5 INCH AMOUNTS (LOCALLY HIGHER IN CONVECTION) EXPECTED. MAJOR RIVERS IN GOOD SHAPE. SMALL STREAMS/ROADS ETC WILL BE POTENTIAL PROBLEM AREAS. .ALY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH SUNDAY NYZ041>043-049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-083-084-VTZ013>015-MAZ001- 025-CTZ001-013.
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-091030- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 430 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. SOME WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THOUGH SEVEN... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY SUNDAY. SOME WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. DECREASING THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THEREAFTER THROUGH MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:42 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains from an isolated thunderstorm caused the Bowman Creek to come out of its banks in the Minden section of Fort Plain. This resulted in Cherry Valley and Indian Trail roads being flooded for awhile.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, August 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5333594.