Lightning Strike in New York, August 29, 2004

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
440 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THRU WEDNESDAY)...
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT AS WARM AND VERY
MOIST AIRMASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACRS FA (PWS CLOSE TO 2 INCHES THRU
MONDAY). NUMEROUS SHWRS/THNDSTRMS ACRS FA THIS PM...WITH ACTIVITY
MOST CONCENTRATED ACRS NRN NYS. WITH ALL AREAS EXPERIENCING SOME
SUNSHINE TODAY...TEMPS WARMED MORE THAN EXPECTED...WITH MANY AREAS
WELL INTO 80S. THIS HAS AIDED IN DESTABILIZATION OF ATMOS...AND THIS
COMBINED WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACRS NRN PTN FA HAS RESULTED
IN THE DVLPMNT OF CONVECTION THIS PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH RMNS
IN EFFECT TILL 7 PM. MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WNDS WITH WET
MICROBURSTS. WITH HIGH PWS...THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE. THIS THREAT GREATEST OVER NRN NYS INTO NW VT ATTM WHERE
STORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST THRU ADRNDKS.

AS INSTABILITY DECREASES TONIGHT WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...THE
THREAT OF SVR WX WL DECREASE. FRONT QUASI-STATIONARY AS WEAK WAVE OF
LOW PRESSURE TRACKS NORTHEAST ALG IT UP THRU ST LWR VLY. RISK OF
SHWRS DECREASES OVRNIGHT ACRS SRN ZONES...BUT RMNS HIGH OVER NRN
AREAS (ESP NRN NY) DUE PROXIMITY WITH FRONT.

MORE SHWRS/THNDSTRMS EXPECTED MONDAY/MON NITE. FRONT RMNS IN VCNTY
WHILE MID LVL SHRTWV AND ANOTHER WK SFC WAVE MOVE ACRS RGN. SOME
MSTR FROM GASTON ALSO BECOMES ENTRAINED INTO SYSTEM...ENHANCING
POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY HVY RAINS...ESP IN ERN NYS AND VT.

DRIER AIR GRADUALLY BUILDS IN TUES AS TROF MOVES EAST OF FA.
LINGERING SHWRS ERN ZONES TUES AM...THEN CLRNG TUES PM/NITE. HIGH
PRESSURE THEN BRINGS SUNSHINE AND DRY CONDITIONS WED.
&&

.LONG RANGE...(WED NITE THRU SUNDAY)
TRANQUIL WX EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THIS PERIOD. DRY CONDITIONS
EXPECTED THRU SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS EASTWARD OFFSHORE OF
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. BY SATURDAY RETURN FLOW ALLOWS FOR AN INCREASE
IN MSTR WHICH WILL RESULT IN A CHC OF SHWRS BY SUNDAY.
&&

AVIATION...
NUMEROUS SHRAS/TSRAS THIS EVENING...ACPYD BY IFR CONDITIONS.
POTENTIAL FOR SVR TSRA THRU THIS EVENING. OUTSIDE OF PCPN...EXPECT
MVFR/VFR CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHWRS WITH EMBEDDED
THUNDER OVRNGHT AND MONDAY. MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED...OCNLY
LOWERING TO IFR.
&&

.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM VTZ001-012-01>019.
NY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM NYZ026>031-034-035-087.
&&

RJS/JN

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
328 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-300727-
CALEDONIA-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN CLINTON-
EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN RUTLAND-ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-
LAMOILLE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-ORANGE-ORLEANS-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-
WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN FRANKLIN-
WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-
328 AM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT
AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY:
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALL ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY
BUT BE MOST PREVALENT ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTH OF RUTLAND
AND WINDSOR COUNTIES IN VERMONT. LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED
ALONG WITH THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING HEIGHTENED.

THIS THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY...SLOWLY SHIFTING SOUTHEAST
INTO ALL OF VERMONT BY MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY:

AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT SLOWLY EXITS THE REGION BY MONDAY NIGHT,
DRIER WEATHER SHOULD RETURN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
232 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

NYZ027-028-030-031-291928-
EASTERN CLINTON-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
232 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST FRANKLIN COUNTY IN NEW YORK
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST CLINTON COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS. SOME OF THE TOWNS AFFECTED THROUGH 330 PM ARE...CANNON
CORNERS...ELLENBURG DEPOT...HARRIGAN AND CHURUBUSCO.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL TELEVISION AND RADIO...
OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATED
FORECASTS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
422 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0348 PM     TSTM WND DMG     SOUTH ALBURG            44.89N 73.28W
08/29/2004                   GRAND ISLE         VT   AIRPLANE PILOT

            TREES DOWN ACROSS ROAD BLOCKING BRIDGE TO NORTH HERO.

&&

LAHIFF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
455 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004

NYZ028-VTZ001-002-016-292200-
GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-

AT 447 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM HIGHGATE FALLS TO GRAND ISLE...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SHELDON...NORTH FAIRFAX BY 510 PM...NEAR
RICHFORD...ENOSBURG FALLS BY 520 PM...NEAR MONTGOMERY...BAKERSFIELD
BY 530 PM AND NEAR MONTGOMERY CENTER BY 540 PM.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE
THUNDERSTORMS.  SEEK A SAFE INDOOR SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER
APPROACHES.

KJC