1 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 Dec 1, 11:24 AM EST, 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1124 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING DRYING TO THE WEST. LATEST RADAR PICTURE SHOWING DRY SLOT MOVING INTO THE AREA. WILL UPDATE GRIDS AND ZONES TO REFLECT PRECIP. OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES PAST DAY 1. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 630 AM. .SYNOPSIS...A STORM OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE EARLY THIS MORNING WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST TODAY. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH IT WILL CROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AROUND NOON AND THEN RACE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND. AS THE STORM MOVES AWAY WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BLOW STRONGLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT)...VRY STG PRES GRAD ACRS FA THIS AFT AND TNGHT AS BOMB CYCLOGENESIS TAKING PLC. PRESSURE FALLS ALRDY OF 6 TO 8 MBS IN 3 TO 4 HRS ACRS WRN NY AND QSTN RMNS IF WE WL RCH AT LEAST 24 MBS IN 24 HRS...SHLD BE VRY CLOSE. ORIENTATION OF LOW TRACK THRU THE HEART OF THE ADIRONDACKS WITH W THEN NW FLW BEHIND IT THIS AFT AND EVNG LIKELY TO CAUSE MJR PRBLMS ACRS ERN NY AND WRN NEW ENG. FRST WL BE RDGS AND HIER TRRN WHERE GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH XPCTD...SCND WL BE CHANNELING EFFECTS ESPCLY IN MHWK VLY...UPPER HUDSON VLY AS WELL AS ACRS NARROWER VLYS IN SRN VT AND BERKS...THIRD WL BE WET GROUND WITH SHALLOW ROOTED TREES EVEN MORE LIKELY TO BE TOPPLED. AT THIS POINT POWER OUTAGES EXPECTED TO BE MORE WIDEPSREAD THAN THIS PAST SUNDAY OR LAST THURSDAY. AS FOR TEMPS AND PCPN...PCPN SHLD BE MOSTLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN XCPT ACRS FAR NRN AREAS WHERE WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE TO A DEPTH OF A COUPLE OF INCHES BFR CHANGE OVR. A FEW POCKETS OF SLEET ALSO PSBL. RAINFALL WL TAPER OFF IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS AFT AND ANY LEFTOVR PCPN THIS EVNG WL QUICKLY CHNG TO SNW AS COLDER AIR SWEEPS IN. && .LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...LK EFFECT PSBL MAINLY ACRS FAR NRN AND WRN ZONES LATE TNGHT AND THU MRNG. ACVTY WL DECRS DURG THE AFT AS FETCH DECRS AND SHR INCRS. CLIPPER SYS XPCTD FOR LATE THU NGHT AND FRI MRNG WHICH MAY BRING SVRL INCHES OF SNOW TO NRN PTN OF FA. THIS WL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WK SYS MOVG ACRS SRN CAN OVR THE WEEKEND WHICH MAY PRODUCE A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOW ACRS NRN MTNS. && .AVIATION...MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 18Z TODAY IN RAIN AND LOW CLOUDS. CEILING AND VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY STRONG FROM NOON TO MIDNIGHT. EXPECT SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 15 TO 30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 45 KTS. && .HYDROLOGY...SOM SIGNIFICANT RISES EXPECTED ON STREAMS ON RIVERS TODAY. QPF AMTS MST ARREAS 0.50 TO 1 INCH. THIS IS BELOW FFG...BUT STILL MAY BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOM PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LAND FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN THE CATSKILLS. AFTER TDY A QUICK FREEZE TONIGHT WHICH WL SLOW RUNOFF AND PCPN RMNDR OF THE WEEK EXPECTED TO BE IN FORM OF SNOW. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TODAY TO 12 AM EST TONIGHT CTZ001-013. MA...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TODAY TO 12 AM EST TONIGHT MAZ001-025. NY...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TODAY TO 12 AM EST TONIGHT NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084. VT...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TODAY TO 12 AM EST TONIGHT VTZ013>015. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 539 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-021200- 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- 539 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE HIGH WIND WARNING PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL BE LIKELY LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Canajoharie Creek exceeded its flood stage of 6.0', cresting at 6.46' at 14:00 EST at the gage just above the town of Canajoharie.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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