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 May 8, 8:52 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 952 AM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... SFC HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DRIFT EASTWARD AND AT 1345Z IS NEAR THE GULF OF MAINE. A RETURN FLOW OF MIDLER AIR WILL COMMENCE TODAY...AS SOME CIRRUS CLOUDS DRIFT NORTHWARD FROM A COASTAL LOW OFF CAPE HATTERAS. WE HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE TREND OF HIGH CLOUDS LIFTING N/NE FROM SRN NY. OVERALL...ITS LOOKS LIKE A NICE MOSTLY OR PARTLY SUNNY DAY THROUGH SOME HIGH THIN CLOUDS. WE HAVE ALSO UPATED THE T/TD HOURLY TRENDS FOR TODAY. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 304 AM EDT MON MAY 8 2006/ SYNOPSIS... A CYCLONE OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST MOVES SLOWLY NORTHWARD THEN TRUNDLES FURTHER OUT TO SEA BY MIDWEEK. AN UPPER LEVEL OMEGA FORMATION FORMS LATER IN THE WEEK. BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...THE WELL-DEVELOPED WESTERN LOBE OF THIS OMEGA FORMATION MAY BRING SUBSTANTIAL WETNESS TO A PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST. SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... EARLY THIS MORNING...THICK CLOUDINESS OVER THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC REGION ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED CYCLONE THINS AS IT EXTENDS NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN NEW YORK STATE AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. IT WAS MAINLY CLEAR ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS. THE NUMERICAL FORECAST MODELS SUGGEST THAT ALTHOUGH SOME CLOUDS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TUESDAY...RAINFALL WILL NOT OCCUR. MOISTURE CIRCULATING SOUTH THEN WEST OVER THE NORTHWESTERN ATLANTIC MAY EVENTUALLY MOVE OVER EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND SOMETIME TUESDAY NIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY. SHOULD THIS OCCUR...THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL MOISTEN ENOUGH TO INCREASE THE PROBABILITY THAT MEASURABLE RAINFALL WILL OCCUR. THE MODELS SUGGEST WEAK DYNAMICS...SO SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. WE BEEFED UP THE PROBABILITY OF RAINFALL FOR LATER TUESDAY NIGHT FROM WHAT WAS INDICATED IN THE PREVIOUS FORECAST. DURING THIS PERIOD WE BLENDED TEMPERATURE GUIDANCE FROM THE AVIATION...NESTED GRID AND NORTH AMERICAN MESOSCALE MODELS. WE CROSS-CHECKED THE RESULTANT VALUES AGAINST THE HOURLY TEMPERATURE FORECAST THROUGH 48 HOURS FROM THE CANADIAN REGIONAL MODEL. IT WILL BE CHILLY AGAIN TONIGHT...HOWEVER...A BLEND OF MODEL GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THAT TEMPERATURES WILL STAY JUST ABOVE THE FROST ADVISORY CRITERIA IN THAT PORTION OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA WHERE THE AGRICULTURAL SEASON IS IN EFFECT. THE DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TO REASSESS THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST. A FAIRLY SLACK PRESSURE GRADIENT IS FORECAST IN THE COUNTY WARNING AREA...SO SURFACE WIND WILL BE 10 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS THROUGH THIS FORECAST PERIOD. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE AFOREMENTIONED OMEGA IS FORECAST TO IMPACT THE REGION DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THE WEEK. THUS...IT IS REASONABLE TO BELIEVE THAT THE PROBABILITY OF RAINFALL SHOULD GRADUALLY BE INCREASED INTO THE WEEKEND. WE MADE SOME CHANGES DURING THE EARLY PORTION OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD BASED ON THE LATEST FORECAST GUIDANCE. THE MAIN CHANGE FROM OUR PREVIOUS FORECAST WAS TO INCREASE THE PROBABILITY OF RAINFALL SOMEWHAT AND TO INCREASE THE CLOUD COVER. AVIATION... VFR CONDS WILL DOMINATE TODAY...WITH BROKEN TO OVERCAST HIGH CLOUDS ESPECIALLY FROM ALBANY SOUTH. FEW TO SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS WILL POP UP DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY BUT WILL DISSIPATE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 1O KNOTS. WINDS WILL BECOME NEARLY CALM TONIGHT BUT HIGH CLOUDS SHOULD INHIBIT THE FORMATION OF RADIATION FOG. FIRE WEATHER... DRY WEATHER CONTINUES OVER THE REGION WITH LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE PAST 13 DAYS. THE LAST SOAKING RAIN OVER THE REGION WAS APRIL 23 ALTHOUGH SOME OF OUR EASTERN ZONES GOT 0.10 TO 0.30 INCH THIS PAST WEDNESDAY. NO RAIN IS FORECAST TODAY OR TONIGHT WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTH OF ALBANY ON TUESDAY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA WEDNESDAY. 10-HOUR FINE FUEL MOISTURE RANGES FROM ABOUT 8 PERCENT IN SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY TO ABOUT 15 PERCENT IN THE CATSKILLS. MINIMUM HUMIDITY TODAY WILL BE 25 TO 35 PERCENT WITH LOWEST VALUES IN THE MID HUDSON REGION OF NEW YORK. HUMIDITY WILL RECOVER TO NEAR 100 PERCENT NORTH BUT ONLY ABOUT 85 TO 90 PERCENT SOUTH DUE TO HIGH CLOUDS IMPEDING RADIATIONAL COOLING. WINDS WILL BE 4 TO 10 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST TODAY...BECOME LESS THAN 5 MPH TONIGHT...THEN BECOME EAST 8 TO 15 MPH BUT LESS THAN 5 MPH IN NORTH/SOUTH VALLEYS SUCH AS THE HUDSON...HOUSATONIC... AND CONNECTICUT VALLEYS. HYDROLOGY... NO HYDRO PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FLOWS HAVE AGAIN DROPPED BACK TO BELOW NORMAL EXCEPT FOR THE HUDSON BETWEEN HADLEY AND WATERFORD WHERE THE FLOW IS SLIGHTLY BOOSTED BY THE RELEASE FROM SACANDAGA LAKE. THE RELEASE FROM HINCKLEY HAS BEEN CUT BACK SOME. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT RAIN AT THE END OF THE WEEK AND OVER THE MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND RESULTING FROM COASTAL LOW...BUT A LOT OF THINGS COULD CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NY...NONE. VT...NONE. && SHORT TERM...WASULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 305 AM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-090715- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 305 AM EDT MON MAY 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 8, the Champlain Canal in Whitehall had minor flooding due to the normal Spring-season high water level of Lake Champlain and a brisk northerly wind. The canal crested at a tenth of a foot above its 100-foot flood stage at 13:00 EST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5512163.