1 flash 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 Jun 29, 9:14 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1014 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... JUST ISSUED AN UPDATE FOR THE REST OF TODAY. FIRST BATCH OF SHOWERS AND STORMS HAVE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A 3-6 HOUR LULL IN THE PRECIP UNTIL THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTN INTO THE EVENING...AS AN UPR LVL TROF SWINGS THRU THE REGION FROM THE WEST. SEVERE PARAMETERS SHOULD BE WELL IN PLACE BY EARLY AFTN...WITH SEVERAL BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS DEVELOPING. 12Z ALB SOUNDING SHOWED A VERY WEAK AND SHALLOW INVERSION IN THE LOWEST 2500 FEET...WHICH SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM SCOURING OUT. THIS WILL ALLOW SBCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2000 J/KG TO BUBBLE UP. UNIDIRECTIONAL SW FLOW SEEN THRU MUCH OF THE TROP...BUT WITH A DECENT AMOUNT OF SPEED SHEAR IN THE ORDER OF 30-40 KTS IN THE 0-6 KM LAYER. WITH GOOD DYNAMIC FORCING...THERE IS A DECENT CHANCE FOR SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. DISCRETE CELLS AND BOWING SEGMENTS WILL BE THE LIKELY MODES OF CONVECTION. WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAIN WITH STORMS THIS AFTN...WITH PWAT VALUES STILL ABOVE 1.50 INCHES. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ALTHOUGH LOCAL PROBLEMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ALREADY WELL SATURATED GROUNDS DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 455 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...HAVE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS REGION JUST TO EAST OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY WHICH IS EXTENDING NORTH-SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL NY AND CENTRAL PA. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ARE LOWER THAN HAVE BEEN BUT STILL OVER AN INCH. KALB 00Z/FRI SOUNDING 1.36 INCHES. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE GRADUALLY ACROSS REGION TODAY AS FLOW ALOFT IS PARALLEL TO BOUNDARY. SHORT WAVE WILL SWING THOUGH UPPER TROUGH AND PUSH BOUNDARY EASTWARD. AREA IS FAVORABLE RIGHT-REAR OF UPPER JET WHICH WILL SUPPLY UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE. HIGH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE. ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS IS EXPECTED WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS AIRMASS BECOMES SUFFICIENTLY DESTABILIZED. ALSO HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THUNDERSTORMS. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT FRIDAY AS A WESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS. HOWEVER...COLD POOL (-16 TO -18C) WILL MOVE OVERHEAD AND SHOULD TRIGGER SOME STORMS FRIDAY. WEAK RIDGING MOVES IN ON SATURDAY...THEN NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM GREAT LAKES REGION SUNDAY. LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...FLOW ALOFT FLATTENS FOR A PERIOD...THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY THIS WEEK BEFORE TROUGH DIGS BACK IN ACROSS NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED GRIDS. AVIATION /THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY/...OVERALL VFR-MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MVFR-IFR WITH CONVECTION. ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING...THEN WITH FURTHER DESTABILIZATION OF AIR AFTER SUNRISE ANOTHER ROUND THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. EXCEPT MVFR TO POSSIBLY IFR FOG TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AS WINDS LIGHTEN AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH. HYDROLOGY...MANY AREAS AND RIVERS ARE STILL IN FLOOD...AND WILL REMAIN SO FOR HOURS TO DAYS. REFER TO THE LATEST FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE RIVER LEVELS AND FORECASTS...GO TO WEATHER.GOV/ALY AND GO TO OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE (AHPS) PAGE. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL NOT EXPECTED TODAY...HOWEVER HEAVY DOWNPOURS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION ARE EXPECTED. DRIER CONDITIONS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...HOWEVER COLD POOL MOVING OVERHEAD FRIDAY SHOULD TRIGGER WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS. NOTE...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A DAM FAILURE OF ROBINSON POND DAM. FIRE WEATHER...FINE FUELS VERY WET FOR RECENT HEAVY RAINS. A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY. DRIER AIR WILL FILTER FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. CLIMATE...TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE THROUGH THE 28TH STANDS AT 8.23 INCHES FOR ALBANY NY. THIS PLACES 2006 IN THE NUMBER TWO SPOT (SEE LIST BELOW). THIS IS 4.73 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL FOR JUNE. WETTEST JUNES FOR ALBANY NY 1) 8.70 1862 2) 8.22 1928 3) 7.60 1838 4) 7.60 1922 5) 7.58 1830 6) 7.48 1870 7) 7.36 1973 8) 7.25 1871 9) 6.84 1855 10) 6.84 1972 THE TOTAL FOR THE YEAR STANDS AT 25.27 INCHES WHICH IS 6.70 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. MONTHLY PRECIPITATION (MONTHLY DEPARTURE) FOR ALBANY NY... JAN 4.75 (+2.04) FEB 1.02 (-1.25) MAR 1.23 (-1.94) APR 4.73 (+1.48) MAY 5.31 (+1.64) && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. MA...NONE. NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NYZ038 UNTIL NOON THURSDAY. VT...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JPV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 545 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 NYZ032-033-038>040-082-301100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN FULTON- 545 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND MOHAWK VALLEY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.. FLOODING CONTINUES...REFER TO FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND PRODUCED LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ041>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084- VTZ013>015-301100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 545 AM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN VERMONT AND THE LITCHFIELD HILLS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH AND PRODUCED LOCALIZED HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE MAIN SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 202 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 NYZ050-052-053-291845- WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-EASTERN ALBANY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY- 202 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ALBANY...RENSSELAER AND SARATOGA COUNTIES... AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLONIE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LATHAM AND WATERVLIET BY 210 PM EDT COHOES...GREEN ISLAND AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROY BY 220 PM EDT CLIFTON PARK...WATERFORD AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRUNSWICK BY 230 PM EDT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 209 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 NYZ049-291845- EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY- 209 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SCHENECTADY COUNTY... AT 204 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NISKAYUNA...OR ABOUT OVER COLONIE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALPLAUS BY 225 PM EDT 6 MILES EAST OF EAST GLENVILLE BY 230 PM EDT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 215 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 NYZ060-291900- WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- 215 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN COLUMBIA COUNTY... AT 212 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KINDERHOOK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF HUDSON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KINDERHOOK BY 225 PM EDT VALATIE BY 230 PM EDT
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 223 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 NYZ063-064-291915- EASTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY- 223 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ULSTER COUNTY... AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR KERHONKSON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELLENVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW PALTZ BY 235 PM EDT. TILLSON AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF OLIVEBRIDGE BY 245 PM EDT. HURLEY BY 255 PM EDT. KINGSTON...PORT EWEN AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEST HURLEY BY 300 PM EDT. LAKE KATRINE BY 310 PM EDT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
236 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0220 PM TSTM WND DMG NISKAYUNA 42.82N 73.90W
06/29/2006 SCHENECTADY NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TWO 10 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN BY LOCK RD AND ROSENDALE
RD. SPOTTER ESTIMATES WINDS AT 50 MPH.
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RTRACEY/ROKEEFESPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 236 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 NYZ041-050-291915- SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY- 236 PM EDT THU JUN 29 2006 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SARATOGA COUNTY... AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MECHANICVILLE...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 7 MILES EAST OF BALLSTON SPA BY 250 PM EDT 7 MILES EAST OF MILTON BY 255 PM EDT SARATOGA SPRINGS BY 305 PM EDT
The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:04 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A trained spotter reported that Read Road was completely washed out. Garages were undermined and turned on their sides. Read Road was closed.
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