Thunderstorm Wind, Berkshire
- When
- July 22, 6:53 PM EST
- Where
- Berkshire County, Stockbridge
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.283, -73.300
Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 22, 2005
On July 22, a cold front trailing southwestward through the St Lawrence Valley from a low pressure center off the Canadian maritime provinces moved through Berkshire County during the afternoon. It reached the Atlantic coast just before midnight.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
On July 22, a cold front trailing southwestward through the St Lawrence Valley from a low pressure center off the Canadian maritime provinces moved through Berkshire County during the afternoon. It reached the Atlantic coast just before midnight. The cold front moved through an unstable air mass touching off afternoon thunderstorms, several of which produced severe wind gusts. Although there were several reports of trees down, one of which fell on a car along Route 183, no damage to structures, power loss or injuries was reported.
What forecasters said that day
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 22, 1:55 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:55 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
255 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...MAIN FOCUS OF SHORT
TERM IS THE REST OF TODAY AND THIS EVENING DEALING WITH CONVECTION/
SEVERE WEATHER. WE ARE SITTING ON LOTS OF CAPE. A WEAKENING MID
LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE APPALACHIANS
THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. WITH A STRONGER SHORTWAVE WHICH WILL MOVE
TOWARD THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY BY LATER THIS EVENING. SEVERE WATCH
BOX IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR CAPITAL DISTRICT NORTHWARD IN NY AND
FOR SOUTHERN VT. RUC AND WORKSTATION ETA INDICATE UPPER LEVEL
DIVERGENCE ACROSS FORECAST AREA LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING DUE
TO 75-85 KT UPPER LEVEL JET...SUPPORTING CONVECTION. DEW POINTS HAVE
BEEN ON THE RISE ALB 85 OVER 70 AT 18Z. AREA OF CONVECTION ACROSS
CENTRAL NY HAS BEEN ORGANIZING INTO A LINE WHICH SHOULD REACH
CAPITAL DISTRICT AND LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION 21-22Z.
RIDGING BUILDS IN TONIGHT AND DRIER AIR FILTER IN SETTING US UP FOR
A NICE SUMMERS DAY SATURDAY WITH SEASONABLE TEMPS AND COMFORTABLE
HUMIDITY LEVELS.
MCS DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ACROSS THE UPPER MID WEST WITH MOVEMENT
ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY ALONG NORTH
SIDE OF WARM FRONT. MCS WOULD REMAIN WELL TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST.
RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE SUNDAY. THE WARM FRONT IS FORECAST
TO MOVE THROUGH OUR REGION SUNDAY NIGHT WITH ANOTHER MCS POSSIBLY
DEVELOPING. AT THIS TIME THIS MCS WOULD REMAIN TO OUR NORTH AND EAST.
&&
.LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)...MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT
WITH OVERALL PATTERN WITH RIDGING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF CONUS
AND SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH FAST FLOW ALONG UNITED STATES CANADIAN
BORDER. THE DIFFERENCES IN THE MODELS OCCURS IN THE DETAILS WITH
TIMING AND POSITIONING OF THE FRONTS AND LOWS. FOLLOWED HPC LEAD.
&&
.AVIATION...FOCUS OF ATTENTION THROUGH AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE
THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. STORMS DEVELOPING NORTH AND WEST OF FORECAST
AREA WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AT GFL AND
ALB...EXPECT STORMS IN THE 19-23Z PERIOD...AND POU 20-24Z. OUTSIDE
OF THUNDER EVENT...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS. EXCEPTION WILL BE GFL
WHERE RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM TSRA...CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS
OVERNIGHT LIKELY TO RESULT IN SOME MVFR BR TOWARD SUNRISE. &&
.HYDROLOGY...ALTHOUGH PRECIPITABLE WATERS ARE CONSIDERABLY LOWER
THAN EARLIER THIS WEEK...STILL COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED HEAVY SOAKERS
FROM TSRA. THAT SAID...MAIN RIVERS SHOULD SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
RESPONSE TO THESE STORMS. COULD SEE SOME URBAN SMALL STREAM TYPE
FLOODING INTO THE EVENING...BUT THAT WILL BE IT THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
&&
.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM...
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084.
VT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM...VTZ013>015.
&&
SYNOPSIS/SHORT/LONG TERM...IAA
AVIATION/HYDROLOGY...OKEEFEHazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 12:13 PM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes before
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
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:00 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
600 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0557 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH BLENHEIM 42.47N 74.44W
07/22/2005 SCHOHARIE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN.
&&
OKEEFELocal storm report, Jul 22, 5:56 PM EST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
656 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0614 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTERLO 42.52N 74.05W
07/22/2005 ALBANY NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0615 PM TSTM WND DMG DURHAM 42.40N 74.17W
07/22/2005 GREENE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
OKEEFELocal storm report, Jul 22, 6:35 PM EST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
735 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0729 PM TSTM WND DMG LEE 42.31N 73.25W
07/22/2005 BERKSHIRE MA TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN.
&&
OKEEFELocal storm report, Jul 22, 6:39 PM EST, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
739 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0646 PM TSTM WND DMG STUYVESANT FALLS 42.36N 73.73W
07/22/2005 COLUMBIA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0656 PM TSTM WND DMG GHENT 42.33N 73.62W
07/22/2005 COLUMBIA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
&&
OKEEFESpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 6:43 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 743 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005 NYZ065-066-230030- ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DUTCHESS COUNTY... AT 740 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT VALLEY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF POUGHKEEPSIE...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MILLBROOK BY 750 PM EDT DOVER PLAINS BY 805 PM EDT WINGDALE BY 810 PM EDT RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH A HALF AN INCH AN HOUR FROM THIS STORM. WASULA/SNYDER
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 6:49 PM EST, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 749 PM EDT FRI JUL 22 2005 VTZ013>015-230045- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM COUNTIES... AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MANCHESTER...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... STRATTON BY 800 PM EDT WEST WARDSBORO BY 810 PM EDT TOWNSHEND BY 830 PM EDT NEWFANE BY 835 PM EDT RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH A HALF AN INCH AN HOUR FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. WASULA/SNYDER
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:53 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, July 22 to 25, 2005
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 22, 2005
- Rip Current in New Jersey, July 22, 2005
- Heat in Nebraska, July 22 to 24, 2005
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, July 22, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 22, 2005
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, July 22, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 22, 2005
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, July 22, 2005
More
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, July 2005
Sources
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: 5466075.