A storm system moving from the Great Lakes into southern Canada combined with a large high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes to produce strong winds across the area. Strong wind gusts blew down a 200 foot radio antenna in Saranac Lake (Franklin county).
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A storm system moving from the Great Lakes into southern Canada combined with a large high pressure system over the Canadian Maritimes to produce strong winds across the area. Strong wind gusts blew down a 200 foot radio antenna in Saranac Lake (Franklin county). Elsewhere in northern New York, in southern Franklin county and eastern Essex county, numerous trees were blown down blocking several roads with numerous power outages reported.
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 3:10 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 310 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 FCST CONCERNS ARE WINDS/PRECIP TODAY...FOLLOWED BY TEMPS .SYNOPSIS... NEGATIVELY TILTED MID/UPPER LVL TROF CONTS TO EVOLVE ACRS THE EASTERN CONUS TONITE AS STRONG 25H JET COUPLET AND 5H S/W ENERGY ROUNDS TROF BASE ACRS SE UNITED STATES. IR SAT PICS SHOWS LARGE AREA OF ENHANCED CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG MID LVL LIFT/ULVL DIVERGENCE WITH SYSTEM ACRS MID ATLANTIC STATES MOVING TOWARD OUR FA. MEANWHILE...INITIAL SFC LOW CONTS TO MOVE ACRS CENTRAL GREAT LKS WITH SECONDARY SFC DEVELOPMENT NEAR ORF. THE TIGHT SFC GRADIENT BTWN DEPARTING HIGH PRES ACRS THE CANADIAN MARITIMES AND DUAL AREA OF LOW PRES IS CREATING SE SFC WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ACRS OUR FA ATTM. MEANWHILE...WINDS/CLOUDS HAVE KEPT TEMPS IN THE U30S TO L40S FOR MOST OF THE REGION. REGIONAL MOSAIC SHOWS AREA OF DEVELOPING RAIN FROM ROC/BUF AREA BACK ACRS BGM/AVP REGION TO SOUTHERN NJ...WITH GENERAL MOVEMENT TO THE NE. .SHORT TERM (THROUGH TUE)... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MOVEMENT/STRENGTH OF UPCOMING SYSTEM NOW ACRS GREAT LAKES INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH TONITE. STRONG 5H VORT AND ASSOCIATED 25H JET WL ENHANCE VERTICAL MOTIONS FROM SW TO NE ACRS OUR FA TODAY. BASED ON CRNT RADAR TRENDS AND ENHANCED CLOUDS TOPS ON LATEST IR PICS ACRS PA/NY WL CONT TO MENTION POPS NEAR 100 PERCENT TODAY. IN ADDITION...MODELS SHOW STRONG 850-500MB Q-VECTOR FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH PVA FROM S/W ENERGY...ALONG WITH STRONG 7H FG FORCING...AND PLENTY OF MID LVL LIFT/MOISTURE MOVING FROM SW TO NE ACRS OUR FA. GIVEN...STRONG FORCING AND STRONG ULVL DIVERGENCE FEEL POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDER WL BE POSSIBLE ACRS CENTRAL/SOUTHERN VT...BUT LIMITED SFC HEATING WL PREVENT LLVL INSTABILITY FROM DEVELOPING. WL CONT TO MONITOR UPSTREAM LIGHTNING DATA FOR POSSIBLE MENTION OF TS. OTHERWISE...WL CONT WITH CRNT WIND ADVISORY CONFIGURATION. LATEST 00Z RUNS CONT TO SHOW STRONG LLVL 85H JET OF 60 TO 70 KNTS ALONG WITH SOME DOWNWARD MOTIONS AHEAD OF SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG DOWNSLOPING COMPONENT FROM SE SFC FLOW. THE HIGHEST WINDS WL BE ALONG THE SE DOWNSLOPING REGIONS OF THE GREEN MTNS FROM CAMBRIDGE TO RUTLAND. BUFKIT MOMENTUM TRANSFER AT JAY PEAK SUGGEST WIND GUST POTENTIAL TO NEAR 60 MPH ACRS THE HIGHER TRRN. TONIGHT...STRONG 5H VORT AND ASSOCIATED SFC LOW PRES QUICKLY TRACKS INTO EASTERN NEW ENGLAND AS SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS INTO OUR FA FROM THE WEST. THIS COMBINED WITH SUBSIDENCE BEHIND VORT AND DRY AIR ALOFT WL HELP END THE RAIN QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST ACRS OUR FA THIS EVENING. PROGGED 85H TEMPS AND 1000-850MB/850-700MB THICKNESS PROFILES SUGGEST PRECIP MAY END AS A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE HIGHER TRRN. ACCUMULATIONS WL BE LIGHT. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL QPF AMOUNTS...WHICH SHOULD RANGE FROM 0.75 TO 1.50 ACRS THE NORTH COUNTRY IN ABOUT A 6 TO 8 HOUR TIME PERIOD. GENERALLY NUMERICAL GUIDANCE WAS FOLLOWED THRU TONIGHT...WITH SLIGHT ADJUSTMENT DOWNWARD FOR TODAYS HIGHS. MONDAY-TUESDAY...CWA IS BTWN SYSTEMS ON MONDAY WITH LLVL CAA CONTINUING ON NW SFC FLOW. WL MENTION PC SKIES WITH TEMPS NEAR NORMAL. NEXT 5H VORT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE/LIFT PUSHES ACRS OUR CWA ON TUESDAY. WL MENTION MC SKIES BUT WL KEEP FCST DRY ATTM...COULD SEE SOME FLURRIES IN MTNS ZNS. OTHERWISE...PROGGED 85H TEMPS BTWN -4 AND -6C SUGGEST HIGHS IN THE M/U30S MTNS ZNS TO L40S VALLEY LOCATIONS. CRNT FCST HAS THIS COVERED WELL...THEREFORE LITTLE CHANGE IS EXPECTED. && .AVIATION (06Z-06Z)... VFR CONDS BCMG MVFR DUE TO CIGS BY 12Z AND PSBLY IFR DUE TO CIGS WITH PCPN ARD/AFT 18Z AHD/ALG CD FNTL PSG THAT WL REACH KMSS ARD 20Z AND KMPV ARD 00Z. DECENT INVERSION WL KEEP STGST WNDS ALOFT WHERE LLVL JET BTWN 2-3K SCREAMING AT 60-75KTS. SFC WND GUSTS CUD PSBLY REACH 40 KTS BUT LLWS LKLY BTWN 10Z-18Z. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR VTZ001-002-005-006-008-009-011- 016>019. NY...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR NYZ026>031-034-035-087. && SHORT TERM...TABER AVIATION...SLW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 403 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-290902- CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT- EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-EASTERN FRANKLIN VT- EASTERN RUTLAND VT-ESSEX VT-GRAND ISLE VT-LAMOILLE VT- NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN ADDISON VT- WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY- WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-WESTERN RUTLAND VT-WINDSOR VT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...BETHEL...BRANDON...BURLINGTON... CANAAN...CANTON...DANBY...ESSEX JUNCTION...FAIR HAVEN...MALONE... MASSENA...MIDDLEBURY...MONTPELIER...MORRISVILLE...NEWCOMB... NEWPORT...OGDENSBURG...PLATTSBURGH...POTSDAM...RANDOLPH...RUTLAND... SARANAC LAKE...SOUTH BURLINGTON...SPRINGFIELD...ST. ALBANS... ST. JOHNSBURY...SWANTON...VERGENNES...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... WILLSBORO AND WINOOSKI 403 AM EST SUN NOV 28 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY: A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL AND WESTERN VERMONT. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS, WESTERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWITCH WINDS TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH IN THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY AND ADIRONDACKS LATER TODAY. ALSO...A 4 TO 6 HOUR PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION WITH UP TO AN INCH OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED BUT ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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Every storm in New York in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, November 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: 5425518, 5425519.