Scattered thunderstorms developed within a hot, humid and unstable air mass across portions of eastern New York and western New England.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed within a hot, humid and unstable air mass across portions of eastern New York and western New England.
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 8, 12:44 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 144 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ALONG WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER FEATURES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ENTRENCHED ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A RETURN TO MORE SEASONABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... FORECAST NOW REFLECTS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH 486 UNTIL 8 PM. WEAKNESS IN ATMOSPHERE THAT SUPPORTED CONVECTION IN GREAT LAKES AND OH VALLEY YESTERDAY IS TRACKING THROUGH OUR REGION. THIS IS ALSO COINCIDENT WITH A SOMEWHAT DIFFUSE BOUNDARY LAYER THETA-E GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION...THAT WILL GRADUALLY RETREAT NORTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF LOW-LEVEL FORCING. SOME COOLING ALOFT SEEN AS 12Z BUF SOUNDING SHOWED -10C AT 500 MB ADVECTING EAST. SOME INCREASE IN BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS EXPECTED AS WELL BASED ON UPSTREAM CONDITIONS IN OH VALLEY...PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF LOW-LEVEL SPEED CONVERGENCE. STILL... ALL THE AFOREMENTIONED WEAK FORCING MECHANISMS QUITE A BIT WEAKER THAN WHAT TRACKED THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND OH VALLEY YESTERDAY...BUT INSTABILITY OVER THE REGION WILL ALSO SUPPORT CONVECTION. VIL OF THE DAY IS AROUND 55...BUT WITH WARMTH AND HUMIDITY AT LOW LEVELS PROMOTING MELTING...VIL OF 55 TO 60 WILL PROMPT INITIAL THOUGHTS OF SEVERE HAIL. OF COURSE HEIGHT OF HIGH REFLECTIVITY CORES AND VELOCITY DATA WILL BE CLOSELY WATCHED FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS. SO...SCATTERED PULSE-TYPE SEVERE CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...MOST OF ANY LEFTOVER CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE BETWEEN 8-10 PM. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS FAR NORTHERN ZONES WHERE A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL BE SETTING UP. IT WILL BE ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT...WITH LOWS IN 65-70 DEGREE RANGE. WILL LINGER LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS IN VICINITY OF THE BOUNDARY. MONDAY LOOKS TO THE WARMEST DAY OF THE SEASON SO FAR FOR MANY LOCATIONS. MORE IN THE WAY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED...WITH H85 TEMPS FORECAST TO WARM TO BETWEEN +19C TO +21C ACROSS THE AREA. ALSO A WSW BLAYER FLOW WHICH COULD ADD A FEW DEGREES DUE TO DOWNSLOPING OFF THE CATSKILLS AND ADIRONDACKS. SO MANY 90-95 DEGREE READINGS WILL OCCUR WITH POSSIBLY UPPER 90S ACROSS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY. WITH DEWPOINTS STILL FORECAST TO BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S...HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90S TO LOWER 100S IN MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS. WILL MENTION IN HWO. IN TERMS OF POPS FOR MON...FORCING LOOKS TO BE SUBTLE ONCE AGAIN...WITH THE BEST CHANCE FOR CONVECTION /ONLY 30 POPS/ ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS WHERE THE AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY MAY LINGER. MORE OF A PULSE ENVIRONMENT WITH WEAKER SHEAR...BUT SOME STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG DUE TO EXPECTED SBCAPE VALUES OF 2000-3000 J/KG. ELSEWHERE...LIMITED POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FROM THE MOHAWK VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE CAPITAL REGION AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES. MON NIGHT SHOULD BE DRY ONCE ANY LEFTOVER CONVECTION DISSIPATES...WITH CONTINUED WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS. TUE COULD BE A VERY INTERESTING DAY IN TERMS OF SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. MODELS HAVE SLOWED TIMING OF COLD FRONT APPROACHING MORE TOWARDS EVENING OR EVEN OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THERE ARE SIGNS THAT A PRE-FRONTAL TROF MAY DEVELOP AND TRIGGER CONVECTION DURING PEAK HEATING HOURS. SUFFICIENTLY LARGE CAPE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN...WITH SW FLOW THROUGH THE LOWEST 10KFT STRENGTHENING ESP LATE IN THE DAY WITH THE APPROACH OF A POTENTIALLY POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROF. DEEP LAYER SHEAR COULD INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY...WHICH WOULD ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ORGANIZED SEVERE STORMS. TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT EXACT THREATS...HOWEVER WILL MENTION GENERAL SEVERE THREAT IN THE HWO. IF THE GFS VERIFIES...CONVECTION COULD LAST WELL INTO THE NIGH HOWEVER TIMING STILL IN QUESTION AND SHOULD COME INTO BETTER FOCUS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. WITH THE DELAYED FRONTAL PASSAGE TEMPS WILL BE HOT ONCE AGAIN...WITH READINGS VERY SIMILAR TO MONDAY. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... FINALLY A BREAK FROM THE VERY HUMID CONDITIONS AS A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH AND EAST FROM CANADA BRINGING DRY WEATHER AND MUCH LOWER HUMIDITY. DAYTIME HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL STILL LIKELY BE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOLLOWED BY SEASONABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. HIGHS AFTER WEDNESDAY GENERALLY IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S WITH LOWS IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MAIN CONCERN NEXT FEW HOURS IS T-STORMS AROUND THE REGION. POP UP AIRMASS THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORMING LOOSELY ORGANIZED CLUSTERS ACROSS CENTRAL NY. MAIN ACTION SHOULD REMAIN SOUTH OF KGFL..SO WILL JUST INCLUDE A VCSH FOR THERE. HOWEVER...ACTION CURRENTLY IN WESTERN ALBANY COUNTY MAY COME CLOSE ENOUGH TO KALB TO WARRANT A SHORT LIVED VCTS FOR KALB DURING THE MID AFTN. HOWEVER...THERE DOESN/T APPEAR TO BE MUCH ACTIVITY BEHIND THIS...SO THIS MAY BE KALB BEST SHOT AT SEEING SOMETHING TODAY. FURTHER SOUTH...KPOU WILL LIKELY SEE THE BATCH OF STORMS CURRENTLY NEAR KBGM LATE THIS AFTN...SO HAVE INCLUDED A SHRA WITH A CB APPENDAGE THERE FOR AFTER 20Z. ANY T-STORM COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A STRONG WIND GUST AND SOME HAIL. ACTIVITY WILL WANE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. HOWEVER...ANY RAINFALL WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RADIATIONAL FOG TONIGHT...SO HAVE INCLUDED AT LEAST MVFR FOG AT ALL TERMINALS...WITH KPOU AND KGFL MOST LIKELY TO ALSO SEE A PERIOD OF IFR FOG PRIOR TO SUNRISE. SHOULD CLEAR OUT QUICKLY TOMORROW MORNING AFTER SUNRISE...WITH MORE DIURNAL CONVECTION POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN TOMORROW AFTN. OUTLOOK... MONDAY PM-TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY VFR...WITH OVERNIGHT AND MORNING MVFR/IFR VSBYS/CIGS ASSOC WITH BR/FG AND CHC OF AFTN/EVENING TSRA/SHRA. WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY...VFR. NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND MONDAY...WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONLY DROP TO BETWEEN 45 AND 60 PERCENT TODAY...WITH RECOVERY TO NEAR 100 PERCENT TONIGHT WITH HEAVY DEW FORMATION LIKELY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ON MONDAY WILL BE IN THE 40 TO 55 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL BE FROM THE WEST AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH TODAY...BECOMING LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AGAIN ON MONDAY WITH GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS. && .HYDROLOGY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THE VERY HUMID AIR MASS IN PLACE ACROSS OUR HSA. THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WHERE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OCCUR WHICH MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SHARP RISES ON SMALL STREAMS. THE NEXT THREAT OF A MORE WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN EVENT LOOKS TO BE LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WOULD OCCUR AHEAD OF AND ALONG A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION AS A LARGE ORGANIZED AREA OF CONVECTION MAY OCCUR WHICH WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN IN SOME AREAS. && .CLIMATE... RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR ALBANY SUN JUN 8...93 SET IN 1984 MON JUN 9...100 SET IN 1933 TUE JUN 10...92 SET IN 1974 && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NAS NEAR TERM...NAS AVIATION...FRUGIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1258 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-091700- 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- 1258 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 147 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 NYZ051>054-059>061-081815- WESTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN ALBANY NY- 147 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN ALBANY...COLUMBIA...GREENE AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES... AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH... WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BERNE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF DELMAR...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VOORHEESVILLE BY 155 PM EDT FEURA BUSH BY 200 PM EDT RAVENA...SELKIRK...NEW BALTIMORE AND CASTLETON-ON-HUDSON BY 210 PM EDT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALATIE...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF KINDERHOOK AND 8 MILES WEST OF NASSAU BY 215 PM EDT GJM
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 214 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 NYZ051>053-058>061-081900- WESTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN ALBANY NY- 214 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN ALBANY...NORTHWESTERN COLUMBIA...NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN RENSSELAER COUNTIES... AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...HALF INCH SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF NEW BALTIMORE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DELMAR...AND MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW BALTIMORE BY 225 PM... COXSACKIE BY 230 PM... KINDERHOOK BY 235 PM... VALATIE BY 240 PM... CHATHAM BY 250 PM... WASULA/FRUGIS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 236 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 CTZ001-013-NYZ066-081915- EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT- 236 PM EDT SUN JUN 8 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN DUTCHESS AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES... AT 234 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR AMENIA...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF SHERMAN...AND MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KENT BY 245 PM... CORNWALL BRIDGE POTTERY AND CORNWALL BRIDGE BY 250 PM... NEW PRESTON BY 255 PM... LITCHFIELD AND LITCHFIELD GREEN BY 305 PM... FRUGIS
The Albany radar (KENX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:48 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were reported down approximately 2 miles north of Kent due to strong thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down near Norfolk due to strong thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down near Lakeville due to strong thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down on Routes 47 and 109 near Washington due to strong thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, June 2008
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: 116939, 116940, 116938, 116937.