Damaging Wind in New York, June 6, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in New York, June 6, 2005
Start: 2005-06-06T15:00
End: 2005-06-06T15:00
Location: New York

June 6, 2005 · NWS ALY · 1 event in 1 county or zone

On June 6, A stationary front was oriented north to south through central New York and curved eastward south of Long Island. An upper-level short wave trough approached from the Great Lakes.

Where it happened

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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 June 6, A stationary front was oriented north to south through central New York and curved eastward south of Long Island. An unstable air mass was over eastern New York.An upper-level short wave trough approached from the Great Lakes. Thunderstorms developed in lineoriented north to south across eastern New York around noon. Several severe thunderstorms weresevere and widespread wind damage occurred, and a few reports of hail up to an inch were received.Thirty-four thousand people were without power in the northern Saratoga and southern Warren County region.

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 Jun 6, 2:55 PM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:55 PM EST, 5 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
355 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT.  SEE
PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING SEVERE WEATHER TODAY.

ON TUESDAY...STILL A QUESTION ON THUNDERSTORMS THREAT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON WITH PASSAGE OF SECONDARY COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED VORT
MAX.  AHEAD OF FRONT MET MOS PUSHING TEMPERATURES TO OVER 90 IN THE
HUDSON VALLEY.  MAVS 5-10 DEG F LOWER.  AIR HAS DRIED SOME BUT SOME
MOISTURE REMAINS.  KEY MAY BE WARM LAYER ABOUT 12 K FT AND ITS
POTENTIAL TO CAP ACTIVITY.  YESTERDAYS NAM HAD NO CAP. 00Z RUN DID
ALTHOUGH IT WAS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER IT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT
CONVECTION.  LIFTING AN 84/63 SURFACE PARCEL IS ENOUGH TO CLEAR CAP
AND PROVIDE DECENT INSTABILITY.  GFS SOUNDINGS - A LITTLE COOLER AND
A LITTLE MOISTER IN THE LOW LEVELS.   WITH DEEP MIXED LAYER COULD
MIX DOWN DRIER AIR LOWERING SFC/BOUNDARY LAYER DEWPOINTS AND
REDUCING INSTABILITY. WILL CONTINUE LOW CHANCE POPS.  00Z GFS BOTH
SUNDAY AND TODAY SHOWED STRONG CAP ALTHOUGH YESTERDAYS 12Z LOST
IT.

A CHANGE FROM YESTERDAY ON NAM FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS
IT BRINGS FRONT BACK TO THE NORTH WITH H8 +18C INTO SRN NEW YORK BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. NAM LOOKS TO BE HAVING ITS USUAL MOISTURE ISSUE
INFLATING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. GFS RETURNING FRONT BUT DRY SO WILL
LEAVE FORECAST AS IS FOR NOW.

&&

.LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY)...  HPC GUIDANCE   FAIRLY
CONSISTENT WITH EXTENDED FORECAST WE HAVE GOING.  CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORM FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK.  HIGH
TRIES TO BUILD DOWN INTO THE NORTHEAST OVER THE WEEKEND AND MAY COOL
THINGS A BIT SUNDAY.  WILL KEEP IT DRY BASED ON LOWER HPC POPS THAT
DAY AND DESIRE NOT TO HAVE 4 STRAIGHT DAYS OF PRECIP.

&&

.AVIATION... DEVELOPING MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS IN TSRA/HZ. A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY MAY CONTAIN WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 KNOTS
AND LARGE HAIL.
&&

&&

.HYDROLOGY...RIVERS...STREAMS AND RESERVOIRS ARE CONTINUING TO RUN
BELOW NORMAL FOR EARLY JUNE.  WEATHER THREAT FOR TODAY WILL BE
THUNDERSTORMS.  ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP...HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
EXCEED 1.5 INCHES. SOME SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
&&

.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NY...NONE.
VT...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 11:33 AM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1233 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-071100-
BENNINGTON VT-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-
EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN WINDHAM VT-
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN FULTON NY-
NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
NORTHERN WARREN NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SCHOHARIE NY-
SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-
WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN WINDHAM VT-
1233 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

.DAY ONE...

TORNADO WATCH 414 IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY...FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ACTIVATED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN CONNECTICUT...

LITCHFIELD.

IN MASSACHUSETTS...

BERKSHIRE.

IN NEW YORK...

ALBANY...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS...GREENE...
RENSSELAER...SCHENECTADY...ULSTER...HAMILTON...
MONTGOMERY...FULTON...HERKIMER...SARATOGA...
WARREN...WASHINGTON...SCHOHARIE.

IN VERMONT...

BENNINGTON...WINDHAM.

OKEEFE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 6, 1:52 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0250PM     MON JUN 06 2005
#2 0000002 000
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
02522    FILE 28   BROOME COUNTY SHERIFF   NY0030000         JUN 06-05
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ALL TOWNS IN BROOME COUNTY HAVE
SUSTAINED SOME BELOW DESCRIBED DAMAGE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: APPROX 1245PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: MULTIPLE TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN SEVERAL
TOWNSHIPS. APPROX HALF DOZEN BUILDINGS SUSTAINED DAMAGE DUE TO WIND AND FALLING
TREES

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2 (PEA)
( ) - 1/2 (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2 TO 3/4 (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4 TO 1 (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25 (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50 (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75 (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00 (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50 (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75 (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00 (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00 (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50 (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: NONE     NUMBER INJURED: NONE

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NONE     NUMBER INJURED: NONE

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/TSTORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
(X) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NONE     NUMBER INJURED: NONE

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS: ALL FIRE AND LAW ENFORCMENT AGECIES ARE IN OPERTATION CLOSING SEVERAL
ROADS/ ROADS CLOSURES DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER/TELCO LINES

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1208

AUTH MICHAEL F ASWAD  BC DIRECTOR OF OES            BALLARD 14:50PM

OPER - BADIA,WENDY L                  1449

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:18 PM EST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
318 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1252 PM     TSTM WND DMG     INDIAN LAKE             43.78N 74.27W
06/06/2005                   HAMILTON           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0112 PM     HAIL             GALWAY                  43.02N 74.03W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        SARATOGA           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BALLSTON CENTER         42.96N 73.87W
06/06/2005                   SARATOGA           NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES DOWN.

0152 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W QUEENSBURY          43.38N 73.63W
06/06/2005                   WARREN             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE

0200 PM     HAIL             SARATOGA SPRINGS        43.07N 73.78W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        SARATOGA           NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AT EXIT 14 OF NORTHWAY I-87

0226 PM     TSTM WND DMG     JEFFERSON               42.48N 74.61W
06/06/2005                   SCHOHARIE          NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0237 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MINDENVILLE             42.99N 74.72W
06/06/2005                   MONTGOMERY         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0237 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CANAJOHARIE             42.90N 74.57W
06/06/2005                   MONTGOMERY         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MAYFIELD                43.10N 74.27W
06/06/2005                   FULTON             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0244 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FORT ANN                43.42N 73.49W
06/06/2005                   WASHINGTON         NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TRES AND POWER LINES DOWN

0244 PM     HAIL             GREENWICH               43.09N 73.50W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        WASHINGTON         NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0308 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DURHAM                  42.40N 74.17W
06/06/2005                   GREENE             NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES AND WIRES DOWN

0310 PM     HAIL             WEST RUPERT             43.24N 73.24W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        BENNINGTON         VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

0310 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GLOVERSVILLE            43.05N 74.35W
06/06/2005                   FULTON             NY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE

&&

EDK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:30 PM EST, 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0328 PM     HAIL             DORSET                  43.26N 73.10W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        BENNINGTON         VT   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EDK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:33 PM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
333 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0329 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ALBANY                  42.66N 73.78W
06/06/2005                   ALBANY             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     RENSSELAER              42.64N 73.74W
06/06/2005                   RENSSELAER         NY   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            TREES DOWN

&&

EDK

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:39 PM EST, 21 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0337PM     MON JUN 06 2005
#2 0000002 000
GFSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
01024    FILE 28   FULTON CO SHERIFF NY0170000               JUN 06-05
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED:FULTON

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):ENTIRE COUNTY  - AFFECTING TOWNS IN
WESTERN CENTRAL AND EASTERN TOWNSHIPS AND JOHNSTOWN AND GLOVERSVILLE CITIES
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 06/06/05 BEGAN 1515
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH WIRES BURNING
POWER OUTAGES TRAFFIC CONTROL LIGHTS OUT HIGH WINDS

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2 (PEA)
( ) - 1/2 (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2 TO 3/4 (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4 TO 1 (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25 (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50 (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75 (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00 (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50 (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75 (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00 (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00 (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50 (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES   (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/TSTORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  (X) - LARGE TREES
() - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
() - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 60+ MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
AUTH AND SENT LT GARTH W HILLIER     518-736-2107        15:36
OPER - DONALDSON,GEORGE B             1537

Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:57 PM EST, 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
357 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0330 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OLIVEBRIDGE             41.93N 74.21W
06/06/2005                   ULSTER             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0335 PM     TSTM WND DMG     EAST GREENBUSH          42.59N 73.70W
06/06/2005                   RENSSELAER         NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0342 PM     HAIL             EASTON                  42.99N 73.55W
06/06/2005  0.75 INCH        WASHINGTON         NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0343 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KINGSTON                41.93N 74.00W
06/06/2005                   ULSTER             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MENANDS                 42.69N 73.73W
06/06/2005                   ALBANY             NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN

0347 PM     HAIL             5 SW CAMBRIDGE          42.98N 73.45W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        WASHINGTON         NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

0351 PM     HAIL             AVERILL PARK            42.63N 73.55W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        RENSSELAER         NY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EDK

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.

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1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Dutchess

When: June 6, 3:00 PM EST
Where: Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.700, -73.933

Trees were blown down throughout the county.

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

Every storm in New York in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in New York, June 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: 5460337.