1 flash flood, 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 7, 2:53 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY, NY 353 PM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 .SYNOPSIS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WITH AN WARM FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS PA AND NJ WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY LIFT NORTHWARD. AS THIS WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD...THIS WILL BRING IN WARMER AND HUMID AIR ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND THURSDAY NIGHT...INCREASING THE CHANCES FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO BUILD INTO THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WITH WARM TEMPERATURES IN STORE AND DRY WEATHER...WE SHOULD SEE OUR FIRST REAL TASTE OF SUMMER WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND THURSDAY)... AIR WILL DESTABILIZE THIS EVENING. WARM FRONT PUSHES NORTHWARD THROUGH THE TONIGHT PERIOD. WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL START TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. AS FAR AS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY GOES...THE ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT REALLY SHOW A TON OF SUPPORT FOR ANY STRONG STORMS. UPWARD MOTION IS BEST LATE TONIGHT AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. JET LOOKS WEAK AT THE 850 MB LEVEL. BOTTOM LINE WILL GO WITH LIKELY POPS TONIGHT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ON THURSDAY...WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS FRONT IS REALLY SLOW MOVING. AGAIN DYNAMICS NOT INDICATING ALL THE INGREDIENTS IN FOR THE PICTURE FOR A BIG SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK. SPC HAS OUR REGION IN THE SEE TEXT FOR THURSDAY. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... WILL CONTINUE EXTENDED WITH DRY SOLUTION FOR FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND. ON MONDAY WILL BRING BACK THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON MONDAY WITH THE NEXT LOW WITH ASSOCIATED FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE AREA. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. VFR CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING WITH MVFR POSSIBLE WITH THE CONVECTION. CIGS AND VIS LOWERING TO MVFR BY LATE EVENING JUST AHEAD OF BOUNDARY WITH SHOWERS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE TO VFR BY EARLY AFTERNOON. && .HYDROLOGY... NO MAJOR HYDRO PROBLEMS EXPECTED THE NEXT FEW DAYS. QPF WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN HALF AN INCH TODAY AND TOMORROW. && ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NY...NONE. VT...NONE MA...NONE. CT...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 442 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-081100- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY OCCUR WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING. TAW
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Two small creeks near Herkimer Community College overflowed their banks.
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
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