1 flash 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 May 24, 3:00 PM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 400 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 UPDATED...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENTIRE COUNTY WARNING AREA UNTIL 9 PM. .DISC...ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS KEEP COMING. ALY COUNTY WARNING AREA IN SLIGHT RISK WITH SPC DAY 1 (12Z/24TH-12Z/25TH). DAY 2 (12/25TH-12Z/26TH) GENERAL OUTLOOK WITH SLIGHT RISK JUST TO OUR WEST. DAY 3 (12Z/26TH-12Z/27TH) SLIGHT RISK MOST OF AREA. ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO BE MOIST AND VOLATILE. MODEL DIFFERENCES ARE HANDLING THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPULSES AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH FRONTAL ZONE. WILL FAVOR THE SLIGHTLY STRONGER GFS WITH SURFACE WAVE EXPECTED TO LIFT TOWARD UPPER MID WEST OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING GIVEN THE STRONGER INITIALIZATION OF ASSOCIATED SHORT WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS. THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERE POSSIBLE. WILL BE IN WARM SECTOR AS WARM FRONT FINALLY MOVING TO NORTH. THE MAIN UPPER TROUGH...SURFACE LOW AND COLD/OCCLUDED FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK INTO NEW ENGLAND. MID LEVEL FLOW STRONG WITH 50-60 KT. PRIMARILY THREAT DAMAGING WIND THREAT. ALSO...STEEP LAPSE RATES WILL ALSO FAVOR A HAIL THREAT. MAY NEED REST OF TODAY OR THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING PERIOD TO HANDLE CONVECTION. LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...AFTER FRONT MOVES THROUGH AND CONVECTION MOVES OFF WITH IT WEAK RIDGING BUILDS IN BRIEFLY. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH WILL PASS THROUGH TONIGHT WITH STALL TO OUR SOUTH THEN RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT. MAIN LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN CANADA. HOWEVER...ENERGY/LOW EJECTS FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS SYSTEM AND MOVE ACROSS OHIO VALLEY TRIGGERING MORE CONVECTION BEST CHANCES WILL BE WEDNESDAY MORNING. LONG TERM...FOLLOWED HPC GUIDANCE. .AVIATION...VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IMPROVING AT ALL VFR. MVFR WILL OCCUR WITH CONVECTION WITH POSSIBLE IFR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONCE CONVECTION MOVES OUT MVFR WITH FOG AND SCT STRATUS EXPECTED. .HYDROLOGY...VERY HEAVY RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION AND ALREADY WET CONDITIONS HAS PRODUCED SOME FLOODING ACROSS AREA. SEE FLOOD STATEMENTS (FLSALY) FOR DETAILS ON MOHAWK...MATTAWEE AND SACANDAGA RIVERS. MORE HEAVY RAINS WITH CONVECTION LATER TODAY BUT STORMS SHOULD MOVE QUICKLY ENOUGH. .ALY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EDT...CTZ001-013- MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 506 AM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-251100- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN IS FLASH FLOODING. BECAUSE SOME AREAS FROM THE MOHAWK VALLEY NORTHWARD INTO THE ADIRONDACKS AND EAST TO LAKE GEORGE HAD HEAVY RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT...THESE AREAS HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING TODAY. .DAYS TWO THOUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION AND MORE DETAIL...VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV. FROM THERE YOU CAN CLICK ON THE AREA YOU ARE INTERESTED IN...AND VISIT THE LOCAL FORECAST OFFICE IN THAT AREA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 AM TSTM WND DMG ASHLAND 42.30N 74.33W
05/24/2004 GREENE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN ON ROAD
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VTKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
306 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 AM TSTM WND DMG MIDDLEBURGH 42.60N 74.33W
05/24/2004 SCHOHARIE NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN
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VTKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
403 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM HAIL FRANKFORT 43.04N 75.07W
05/24/2004 1.75 INCH HERKIMER NY BROADCAST MEDIA
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VTKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 712 PM EDT MON MAY 24 2004 NYZ050-084-VTZ013-242330- ...THUNDERSTORMS IN BENNINGTON...SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LOCALIZED ROAD FLOODING IN SARATOGA COUNTY AT HIGH POINT NEAR MALTA RIDGE. RADAR INDICATED ONE HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 2 TO 3.5 INCHES IN A STRIP FROM BALLSTON SPA IN SARATOGA COUNTY TO NEAR NORTH EASTON AND WHITE CREEK IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SHAFTSBURY... ARLINGTON...ROUND LAKE...GREENWICH AND CAMBRIDGE.
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0719PM MON MAY 24 2004
#1 0000001 000
FHIF WLSR APTS
00152 FILE 28 HIGHLAND FALLS PO NY0352400 MAY 24-04
TO APB
ROUTE 9W IS CLOSED IN FORT MONTGOMERY DUE TO A SERIOUS
PI MVA. AWAITING ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION TEAM
TRAFFIC IS BEING REROUTED THROUGH MONTGOMERY ROAD BACK TO ROUTE 9W
UNKNOWN ESTIMATED TIME FOR ROAD TO BE REOPENED.
AUTH CHIEF PETER MILLER BORRA/1916
CHIEF JOHN WHIFFEN TOWN OF HIGHLANDS POLICE NY0355800
OPER - BORRA,GINAMARIE 1918The Albany radar (KENX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:57 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Spotter in Town of Providence reported 10 inches of water on Clark Road.
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, May 2004
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