Strong winds accompanied this system and were enhanced by the proximity of a strong high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes. Trees and power lines were blown down in Jericho.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
The remnants of Hurricane Isabel moved across western New York the afternoon of Friday, September 19th and into Canada by evening.Strong winds accompanied this system and were enhanced by the proximity of a strong high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes. Trees and power lines were blown down in Jericho. In Richmond trees fell on and damaged 3 trucks.
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 19, 11:30 AM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1230 PM EDT FRI SEP 19 2003 CRNT: UPGRADED WND ADV TO HIGH WND WRNG AS SCT WND REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS HAVE BECOME MORE NUMEROUS WITH SOME FALLEN TREES AND ESTIMATED WND G60MPH IN W SLOPES OF GREEN MTNS IN ADDISON CTY. VAD WND PROFILE SHWG 40-50 KTS 2-3KT WITH 60KTS ARD 4-5KT. GRADIENT INCREASES THIS AFTN AND BUFKIT SHWS HIGH WNDS DROPPING TO 1.5-2K. EASTERLY COMPONENT ACCNTG FOR DOWNSLOPING OFF WRN SLOPES OF GRN MTNS AND WL WITNESS FIRST HIGH WNDS THERE THEN AS WNDS SHIFT MORE VEER TO S THAN REST OF CHMPL VLY. LACK OF PCPN IS ALLOWING FOR HIGHER TMPS AND GREATER MIXING THUS BETTER CHC FOR WNDS TO TRANSLATE TO SFC. AGAIN...WND ADV UPGRADED TO WRNG FOR CHPMLY VLY/WRN SLOPES (SEE WRNG CODE BELOW). SLW ...PRVS DISC... LATEST SATELLITE PICS SHOW WHATS LEFT OF ISABEL CONTINUING TO MOVE INTO WESTERN NY AREA. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS NICE DRY SLOT WRAPPING AROUND ISABEL REMNANTS...FEEDING UP INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NY. VIS SATELLITE SHOWS THIS WELL WITH BROKEN SKY COVER OVER THE AREA. AREAS RADARS SHOWS MOST PRECIP STAYING WITH MAIN CLOUD REGION TRACK OF ISABEL. FEEDER BAND MOVING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND BRINGING LIGHT SCATTERED RAIN OVER NORTHERN CWA...WITH LARGER AREA OF PRECIP WORKING IN FROM SOUTH. STILL DO NOT THINK RAIN WILL BE MAJOR TDY/TONIGHT...BUT WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. LATEST OBS FROM AROUND REGION SHOW (RUTLAND 13023G31 MPH AND SLK 15017G36 MPH). MAIN CORE OF STRONG WINDS ARE JUST ALOFT SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET...AND HAVE YET TO MIX DOWN(AS SEEN IN VAD PROFILES OF KCXX AND KTYX RADARS). WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY GOING THRU TONIGHT. AND WILL KEEP MENTION OF OCCASIONAL RW IN ZONES. WRAP-AROUND TONIGHT AS STORM MOVES NORTH SHOULD BRING IN SHOWERS TO CWA BEFORE CLEARING OUT SATURDAY. GOING TEMPS LOOKS FINE AS WELL. THUS NO CHANGES/UPDATES TO FIRST PERIOD ZONES. .BTV...HIGH WIND WRNG THIS AFTN/TNGT NYZ028-035. HIGH WIND WRNG THIS AFTN/TNGT VTZ001-002-005-006-009-011-016>019. WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTN/TNGT NYZ026-027-029>031-034-087. WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTN/TNGT VTZ003-004-007-008-010-012. JN
NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-191100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 450 AM EDT FRI SEP 19 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY TROPICAL STORM ISABEL WILL TRACK ACROSS FAR WESTERN NEW YORK TODAY AND MOVE QUICKLY NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN CANADA BY THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF LOW PRESSURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAKENING TROPICAL SYSTEM...AND STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE CANADIAN MARITIME PROVINCES...WILL PRODUCE WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTRY TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THE WINDY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS...BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT ALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND OR WIND DAMAGE REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON. JMG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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