1 flash flood, 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 6, 2:46 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 346 PM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 .DISCUSSION... 12Z META SHOWS N/S PTNS UPR TROF DECOUPLING THIS EVE FOR ABT 24 HRS WITH TROF LINING UP AGN ARND 06Z FRI. WITH THAT PTRN WSW FLOW MAY STOP TROPICAL CONVEYOR BELT BRIEFLY BUT THEN BELT BACK IN PLACE OVRNGT FRI. 12Z GFS HAS SUGGESTION OF SAME TEMPORARY SPLIT BUT NOT AS PRONOUNCED AND UPR FLOW GENERALLY REMAINS SLY. BASED ON GFS HAVE INCRD POPS TO LKLY FOR FRI NGT/SAT. AFTER THAT SLY FLOW PERSIST THRU 12Z MON. UPR TROF REMAINS OVR NORTHEAST UNTIL LATER IN WEEK BUT BCMS MORE POSITIVELY TILTED. FLOW VEERS TO WLY AND THEN EVEN NWLY WITH THE FAINT HINT OF AN UPR RDG 12Z WED. .HYDROLOGICAL DISCUSSION... FFW ISSUED FOR WINDHAM AND ULSTER CTYS. SITUATION NOW TO POINT THAT LOCALIZED FLOODING POSSIBLE ALMOST ANY AREA WHERE HEAVY RAIN FALLS BUT STILL SO SPOTTY THAT A MORE GENERAL BLANKET WATCH NOT USEFUL. .ALY...NONE. GG
CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-061000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 403 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY. HOWEVER, LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE, WHICH COULD TRIGGER LOCALIZED FLOODING IN MAINLY PAVED AREAS, WHERE DRAINAGE IS POOR. .DAYS TWO THOUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AT THIS TIME, IT IS NOT ANTICIPATED THAT SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY TODAY.
The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:02 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Slow moving thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall in sections of Windham County during the afternoon of August 6. Widespread street flooding was observed in the town of Bellows Falls.
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