1 lightning, 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 Jul 15, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY, NY 310 PM EDT THU JUL 15 2004 .SYNOPSIS...VERTICAL STACKED SYSTEM OVER THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL OPEN TONIGHT AND LIFT NORTHEAST INTO CANADA FRIDAY. HOWEVER...LONG WAVE TROF WILL REMAIN OVER THE REGION THROUGH NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)...SYSTEM WILL GRADUALLY LIFT TO NORTHEAST AS IT OPENS. TODAYS CONVECTION STARTED POPPING LATE THIS MORNING WITH DIURNAL HEATING. THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE INTO THIS EVENING AND ACROSS NORTH COUNTRY WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. && .LONG TERM FORECAST (FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...CONVECTION FRIDAY WILL DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET AND WITH LOSS SUPPORT. SCATTERED CONVECTION SHOULD BE TRIGGERED AGAIN ON SATURDAY WITH DIURNAL HEATING AS STILL HAVE COLD AIR ALOFT -12C AT 500 MB. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE ROTATES THROUGH MAIN TROF ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. SURFACE LOW FORMS OVER SOUTHEAST STATES AND IS PROGGED TO MOVE TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST OVER WEEKEND...NOT SUMMER-LIKE. EMCWF MODEL PICKED UP ON THIS WED. GFS CLOSES SYSTEM OFF UP THROUGH 700 MB ON SATURDAY WHICH WILL SLOW IT DOWN. BULK OF RAIN FALLS JUST OFF COAST SUNDAY. MODELS INDICATE SYSTEM OPENS SUNDAY NIGHT THEN GETS ABSORBED BY LONG WAVE TROF WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO PLAGUE REGION. AT THIS TIME BEST CHANCE OF DRY WEATHER APPEARS TO BE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. && .AVIATION...CONDITIONS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING WITH VFR ALTERNATING WITH MVFR AND OCCASIONAL IFR DUE TO SHOWERS AND FOG. CLOUD BASES WILL GENERALLY BE 2500 TO 3500 FT MSL. VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO DETERIORATE TO BETWEEN 3 AND 5 MILES OVER NIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TWO TO THREE HOURS AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY...BUT AGAIN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. && .HYDROLOGY...HEAVY RAINS FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE CAPITAL REGION LAST NIGHT...WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES IN A 1 TO 2 HOUR PERIOD. THIS WILL RESULT IN WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF ROADS AND OTHER PAVED AREAS WHICH SHOULD QUICKLY SUBSIDE ONCE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF. SHARP WITHIN-BANKS RISES WILL OCCUR ON STREAMS BUT LARGER RIVERS WILL ONLY BE SLIGHTLY AFFECTED. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. VT...NONE. MA...NONE. CT...NONE. && SHORT/LONG TERM...IAA AVIATION/HYDRO...RCK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 403 AM EDT THU JUL 15 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-161100- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strikes in Amsterdam brought down several trees, one of which fell onto and destroyed a fence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 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: 5412935.