1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 3:00 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY, NY 400 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... ANOTHER DAY OF DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SOMEWHAT BETTER INSTABILITY TODAY AS MODIFIED MORNING SOUNDING ON CURRENT ALB READING OF 82/64 YIELDS CAPES AROUND 2500 J/KG. HAVE HAD SOME VILS POP CLOSE TO WARNING CRITERIA...BUT HAVE HELD JUST SHORT WITH SOME HALF INCH HAIL REPORTED IN FULTON COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY WILL WANE WITH SUNSET. PLAN FOR SCT POPS INTO THE EVENING THEN DRY OVERNIGHT. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING NORTHEAST SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. AS SYSTEM TAKES SHAPE OVER THE MID ATLANTIC SUNDAY...INVERTED TROUGH WILL EXTEND NORTH INTO OUR CWA PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT DISJOINTED BOTH ETA AND GFS /ALONG WITH CANADIAN/ POINT TO TRACK OF LOW TO BE UP THE HUDSON VALLEY REALLY NOT CLEARING OUT OF OUR AREA UNTIL MONDAY EVENING. MODELS POINT TO PLENTY OF DYNAMIC FORCING SUNDAY NIGHT TO ACT ON PWS APPROACHING 1.75 INCHES. ANOMALOUSLY STRONG 250MB JET NEAR 100 KNOTS WILL HUG THE ATLANTIC COAST SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...PLACING PORTION OF REGION IN LEFT FRONT QUAD. ETA AND TO A LESSER GFS BOTH INDICATE A CLASSIC TROWAL PATTERN WORKING ACROSS THE CWA SUNDAY NIGHT IN CONCERT WITH A 30KT 850MB EASTERLY JET. THIS EASTERLY JET WOULD TEND TO ENHANCE PRECIPITATION IN FAVORED UPSLOPE LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE CATSKILLS. DETERMINING WHERE GREATEST QPF IS PROBLEMATIC. GFS PAINTS SEVERAL LOCAL MAXIMA OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS EASTERN U.S. IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS FORCING FEATURES...PARTICULARLY SERIES OF VORTICITY MAXES ROTATING AROUND UPPER LOW IN EASTERN OHIO. ETA PUSHES PRIMARY VORT UP HUDSON VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT. GIVEN DEGREE OF FORCING IN VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THIS SYSTEM TO PRODUCE 1-2 INCHES OF RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY NIGHT/EARLY TUESDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR UP TO 3 INCHES IN FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS. AT THIS POINT WILL ISSUE ESF TO HIGHLIGHT THIS POTENTIAL AND REFERENCE IN HWO. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... SLOW MOVEMENT OF SYSTEM THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WILL REQUIRE CONTINUED MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IN FACT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE IN THE EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD. 00Z GFS WITH SUPPORT FROM ITS PREVIOUS RUN...ENSEMBLE MEMBERS AND CANADIAN GLOBAL OFFERS LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE RUT WE/VE BEEN IN FOR THE LAST WEEK OR SO. MODELS DEPICT A SLOW MOVING TROUGH AFFECTING THE CWA TUESDAY INTO FRIDAY. GFS AND CANADIAN SUPPORT THE IDEA THAT THE TROUGH WILL CUTOFF JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY PERIOD. AS WE APPROACH NEXT WEEKEND...SHORT-WAVE TROUGH LIFTS OUT...BUT BROAD TROUGHING ENCOMPASSES THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S. A SURFACE COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA...WITH SOME SUGGESTION THAT THE FRONT WILL BECOME PARALLEL TO THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND BECOME HUNG UP CLOSE TO THE CWA. NO SURPRISE THEN...THAT 24-HOUR MEX POPS AT ALB DURING THIS PERIOD ARE NO LOWER THAN 53 PERCENT. CLIMO IS AROUND 33 PERCENT. THINK PATTERN WILL BE SIMILAR TO CURRENT REGIME WITH PRECIPITATION MAINLY AN AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING EVENT...ALTHOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT SHRA AT ANY TIME. ENOUGH INSTABILITY NOTED IN THE MODELS TO STILL KEEP MENTION OF THUNDER IN. PLAN TO CALL FOR SCT ACTIVITY DURING PRIME HEATING PERIOD AND CHANCE OUTSIDE THAT PERIOD. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE NEAR NORMAL...WITH A SLIGHT WARM BIAS AT NIGHT. && .AVIATION... VFR THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH SCATTERED MVFR/IFR IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CLOUD BASES GENERALLY 4000-5000 MSL. LOWER CLOUDS SHOULD DIMINISH SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN. OVERNIGHT LOOK FOR LOCALLY REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO RADIATION FOG ESPECIALLY NEAR BODIES OF WATER. SUNDAY WILL START OUT VFR BUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND MVFR/IFR MAY BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT AS LOW CLOUDS AND RAIN MOVE UP FROM THE SOUTH. && .HYDROLOGY... SOME HIGHLY LOCALIZED FLOODING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO CONVECTIVE DOWNPOURS. THEY WILL HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE LARGER RIVERS. OF MORE CONCERN IS THE WIDESPREAD ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED FROM THE SYSTEM MOVING UP ALONG THE COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE RIVERS AND SOME TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT IS LIKELY AS WELL WHICH COULD RESULT IN FLOODING ON RIVERS AND STREAMS IN THE CATSKILLS AND BERKSHIRES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE FOR THE AREAS THAT HAD HEAVY RAINS THE PAST FEW DAYS. RIVER FORECASTS IN THE RVD AND ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERIES HAVE HAD THE LAST TWO TO THREE PERIODS ADJUSTED TO REFLECT THIS. AN ESF WILL BE ISSUED WITH THIS PACKAGE. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. VT...NONE. MA...NONE. CT...NONE. && AVIATION/HYDROLOGY...RCK PUBLIC...OKEEFE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 426 PM EDT SAT JUL 17 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-181100- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER. LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY WILL BRING A WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EVENT. THE SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE RAINFALL TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS TO THREE INCHES. RAINFALL TOTALS IN THIS RANGE COULD BRING A THREAT OF FLOODING TO THE AREA. PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD POTENTIAL OUTLOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... NO FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED...BUT PLEASE SEND ANY REPORTS OF RAINFALL OF 1.5 INCHES OR MORE IN A 4 HOUR PERIOD OR LESS OR REPORTS OF HAIL TO THE NWS VIA NYSPIN LSR...TELEPHONE OR THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORTING FORM VIA THE INTERNET.
The Albany radar (KENX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds in excess of 60 mph caused numerous trees to fall onto roadways. One car parked on Route 213 in Rosendale was completely destroyed when a tree fell on it. Additional damage was found in Tillson and High Falls.
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: 5412866.