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 Nov 28, 11:30 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1130 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004
.SYNOPSIS...COMPLEX STROM SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS AREA THIS
AFTERNOON AND HEAVY RAINS END THIS EVENING.
.SHORT TERM (TODAY INTO THIS EVENING)...EXPANDED FLOOD WATCH FOR
ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA AS HEAVY RAINS MOVES ACROSS. RAINS FROM
LAST WED AND THU HAVE LEFT GROUND WET/SATURATED. SOUTHEAST SLOPES
OF MOUNTAINS ARE GETTING UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT.
WIND ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO THIS EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY
WARNING AREA UNTIL 7 PM.
TWEAKED GRIDS AND TOOK OUT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NO REPORTS TO
WEST...OTHERWISE FORECAST ON TARGET.
&&
.LONG TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...SEE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION.
&&
.AVIATION...MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WITH RAINS. LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR
UNTIL COLD FRONT PASSAGE. STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS
ESPECIALLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN...1000 FEET AND ABOVE. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE THIS EVENING.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...HEAVY RAINS AND UPSLOPE ENHANCEMENT. FLOOD WATCH
ACROSS ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA. NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNING OUT.
&&
.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM...CTZ001-013.
MA...FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM...MAZ001-025.
NY...FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM...
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084.
VT...FLOOD WATCH AND WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM...VTZ013>015. &&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 445 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-291100- BENNINGTON VT-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN WINDHAM VT- HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN FULTON NY- NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY- NORTHERN WARREN NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SCHOHARIE NY- SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN FULTON NY- SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY- WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN WINDHAM VT- 445 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE... A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL ZONES THROUGH 8 PM TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN GREENE AND WESTERN ULSTER COUNTIES THROUGH 7 PM TODAY. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HERKIMER COUNTY FROM NOON TO 7 PM TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY TELEPHONE OR USING THE SPOTTER REPORT PAGE THAT MAY BE ACCESSED FROM WFO ALBANYS WEBSITE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0811AM SUN NOV 28 2004
#2 0000002 000
CBSO WLSR QTRF QHQT APTS WAPT
05124 FILE 28 BROOME COUNTY SHERIFF NY0030000 NOV 28-04
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
ROAD FLOODING
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
(X) - ROAD FLOODING
(X) - ROADSIDE CULVERTS FLOODING
(X) - STORM SEWERS BACKING UP CAUSING LOCAL URBAN FLOODING
(X) - WATER COLLECTING IN LOW LYING UNDERPASSES
( ) - OTHER
LOCATION: TOWNS OF FENTON, VESTAL, BINGHAMTON, VILLAGE OF ENDICOTT, CITY
OF BINGHAMTON
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 11/28/04 0800
NEAREST TOWN/CITY: BROOME COUNTY
REMARKS: ROADWAYS COVERED ON ROUTE 26 IN SOUTH VESTAL, PINE ST TWN OF FENTON,
VESTAL AVE CITY OF BINGHAMTON, NANTICOKE AVE VILLAGE OF ENDICOTT
AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1911
AUTH MICHAEL F ASWAD BROOME CNTY EMERG MANAGER ROGERS/8-10 AM
OPER - ROGERS,CHARLES M 0810The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused flash flooding throughout the Berkshires, with over an inch of rain reported at the Pittsfield Airport. At times, more than six inches of water covered the intersection of Tyler Street and Woodlawn Avenue in Pittsfield.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, November 2004
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: 5427927.