1 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 Apr 30, 8:20 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 920 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TONIGHT/... NO ZONE FORECAST UPDATE TONIGHT WITH CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK. SFC HIGH PRESSURE OVER ERN QUEBEC CONTINUES TO FILTER UNSEASONABLY DRY AIR OVER THE REGION. AN OMEGA BLOCK PATTERN CONTINUES FOR ANOTHER DAY OR TWO OVER ERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEAST...WITH A HIGH AMPLITUDE RIDGE CENTERED JUST SOUTH OF HUDSON BAY. WE WILL FRESHEN THE OVERNIGHT TEMPS...DEWPOINTS...AND RH VALUES BASED ON THE CURRENT OBS THROUGH 01Z ACROSS THE FCST AREA. NEW GRIDDED AND GRAPHICAL PRODUCTS WILL BE SENT. && .CLIMATE...UNLESS SOME MEASURABLE MAY SNOWFALL OCCURS AT ALY /IT HAS HAPPENED ONLY 7 TIMES SINCE THE LATE 1800S/. ALBANYS 30.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THIS SEASON IS THE 13TH LEAST AMOUNT ALL-TIME. ALSO...APRIL HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING MONTH WITH PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE AND FREQUENT DRY STRETCHES. ONLY 9 CALENDAR DAYS HAD MEASURABLE RAINFALL...HOWEVER...THE 4.73 OF RAIN THIS MONTH WILL FINISH 1.48 ABOVE NORMAL. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 525 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2006/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MORE DESERT LIKE WEATHER THROUGH MONDAY AS HUGE SURFACE HIGH CONTINUES TO PROTECT THE REGION FROM SYSTEMS JUST TO OUR WEST AND TO OUR EAST. CLOUD FREE WEATHER WITH DEWPOINTS SO LOW THAT EVEN DEW OR FOG HAVE LITTLE IF ANY CHANCE OF OCCURRING TONIGHT...DESPITE VERY LIGHT OR CALM WINDS. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS ON MONDAY WILL BE 20 PERCENT OR LESS. PCPN FREE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT...BUT CLOUDS AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL LIKELY INCREASE SOMEWHAT AS THE OFFSHORE STORM BACKS CLOSER TO THE REGION. THE STORM OFFSHORE CONTINUES TO GET CLOSER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY ON TUESDAY WITH LOW CHANCE POPS EASTERN HALF. CHANCE POPS ALL ZONES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW GETS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS IT IS GOING TO GET BEFORE MOVING WELL OUT TO SEA. THE NAM BARELY GETS ANY MEASURABLE PCPN INTO THE REGION DURING THIS PERIOD...BUT THE GFS SHOWS ALMOST A TWO INCH PCPN MAX OVER BERKSHIRE COUNTY. THIS IS WAY OVERDONE AND HAVE GONE NO HIGHER THAN CHANCE POPS IN ANY PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... 12Z GFS SHOWS DRY PERIODS DURING THIS TIME...BUT NCEP GUIDANCE AND EARLIER GFS RUNS SHOWED A FAIRLY CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF HIGH DEEP LAYERED RELATIVE HUMIDITY WITH AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN. EXTENDED FORECAST WAS BASED ON THE WETTER EARLIER RUNS AND DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE THE 12Z GFS. AS A RESULT...THE ARE CHANCE POPS IN EVERY PERIOD WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. AVIATION... VIRTUALLY CLEAR SKY WILL CONTINUE FOR ALL AREAS OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH TOMORROW. SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL SLOWLY FILTER INTO THE REGION TOMORROW...BUT THAT IS ABOUT IT. FIRE WEATHER... VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY WITH FINE FUELS CONTINUING TO DRY OUT. THERE HAS NOT BEEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SINCE EARLY IN THE WEEK. WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE THROUGH TOMORROW AND WITH NO WEATHER SYSTEM AROUND TO BRING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO AROUND 20 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL BE GENERALLY 15 MPH OR LESS THROUGH MONDAY...BUT SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEW ENGLAND ZONES AND THE HWOALY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT. THE OUTLOOK FOR TUESDAY IS THAT THE WEATHER WILL LIKELY REMAIN RAIN FREE. HOWEVER...AN EASTERLY FLOW OF AIR FROM NEW ENGLAND MAY BRING SOME MARITIME AIR INTO THE REGION WHICH WILL RAISE THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY A BIT. HYDROLOGY... RIVERS HAVE BEEN RECEDING FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO THIS WEEK AS ONLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION EVENTS ARE FORESEEN THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NY...NONE. VT...NONE. && SHORT TERM UPDATE...WASULA CLIMATE...WASULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 449 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084-012100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- 449 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-VTZ013>015-012100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 449 PM EDT SUN APR 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THIS AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO DRY FUEL CONDITIONS...NORTHEAST OR EAST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
On May 1, at Riverbank, the Schroon River had some lingering flooding from heavy rainfall during the last week in April. The water level dropped below the 7-foot Riverbank flood stage at 18:45 EST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 2006
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: 5512162.