The passage of a cold front was accompanied by showers and isolated thunderstorms during the evening hours of Thursday July 24th. An apparent microburst occurred within one of the thunderstorms.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
The passage of a cold front was accompanied by showers and isolated thunderstorms during the evening hours of Thursday July 24th. An apparent microburst occurred within one of the thunderstorms.
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 Jul 24, 6:42 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 742 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 .SYNOPSIS... THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS LINGERED OVER OUR REGION FOR TWO DAYS WILL EXIT TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. THE LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL EXIT TONIGHT...AND THE THREAT OF SHOWERS WILL END. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM THE OHIO VALLEY INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PUSH ACROSS NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. AFTERWARDS HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FROM JAMES BAY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FOR MUCH OF THE NEW WEEK AND DRIFT EAST...WHILE A WEATHER DISTURBANCE LINGERS ALOFT OVER QUEBEC. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING/... CDFNT HAS MOVED EAST OF FCA...SHUTTING OFF TRAINING LINES OF HEAVY SHOWERS. FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED. THIS CDFNT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST THROUGH NEW ENGLAND. CLOUDS HAVE BCM SCT-BKN IN THE DRY SLOT BEHIND CDFNT...ALLOWING INSOLATION. STRONG DRYING PRESENT IN MID LEVELS...AND COLD POOL IS DRIFTING EAST HAS RESULTED IN SCT TSTMS BUT MOST ARE WEST OF FCA. THESE WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE TILL SUNSET...BUT QPF SHOULD BE HIGHLY LOCALIZED AND MOST AREAS SHOULD REMAIN DRY. && .SHORT TERM /10 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... WITH THE END OF DAYTIME HEATING...WILL STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH COLD POOL OVER FCA...HWVR CORE OF 500HPA CUTOFF LIFTS N INTO QUEBEC QUICKLY OVERNIGHT ONLY TRIGGERING SCT -SHRA WHICH WILL DIE OVERNIGHT. OVERNIGHT HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD FM OHIO VLY INTO MID ATLC STATES..THEN SLIDE OFFSHORE FRI NIGHT. WITH LIGHT WINDS AND MOST AREAS HAVING RECEIVED ALOT OF PCPN OVER PAST DAY WILL MENTION AREAS/PATCHY FOG IN MANY AREAS. SATURDAY NEXT JET MAX/SHORT WAVE IN LARGER CYCLONIC 500HPA MOVES INTO GRTLKS. INITIALLY WAA INTO FCA...AND SOME HINT OF A WMFNT AND OVERRUNNING DRIVING THREAT OF INCR -SHRA/TSTMS SAT AFTN AND NT. OVERNIGHT CDFNT PUSHES EAST...CLEARING REGION DURING SUNDAY. GFS IS SLOWER AND PROLONGS THE THREAT OF -SHRA INTO LATE SUNDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST BUT ENDING IF FROM NWS TO SE....WHILE NAM KEEPS SCT EVERYWHERE. WILL CARRY CHC MOST AREAS ALL DAY. SUN NT CDFNT PUSHES EAST OF RGN. HWVR REGION REMAINS IN CYCLONIC FLOW ASSOC WITH LARGE CUT OFF OVER N QUEBEC...WITH PASSING SHORT WAVES...SO SKIES WILL REMAIN PC. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... FROM BOTH DETERMINISTIC MDLS AND ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE REGION WILL REMAIN IN A LARGELY CYCLONIC AND NW FLOW AT 500HPA...WITH A LARGE 500HPA CUT OFF LOW PARKED OVER THE NORTHEAST AND CANADA CENTERED OVER CENTRAL QUEBEC. OVER TIME 500HPA CUT OFF WEAKENS AND RETREATS NORTH...AND STEERING FLOW BECOMES WNW BY END OF PERIOD. INITIALLY WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IS RIDGED AT THE SURFACE FROM GRTLKS INTO OHIO VALLEY...BUT DIURNAL HEATING...STEEP LAPSE RATE ASSOCIATED WITH CUTOFF...AND PASSING OR ROTATING 500HPA SHORT WAVES WILL INCR CLOUDS AND THE THREAT OF AFTN AND EVENING SHRA/TSTMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. MUCH OF THE TIME WILL BE DRY WITH VARIABLE CLOUDS AND SUN DURING THE DAYS. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS THE 500HPA FLOW HAS TURNED WESTERLY...SFC HIGH WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD EAST AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL RESULT. AS SUCH TEMPS WILL BE NEAR TO BLO NORMALS. FCST WILL BE POPULATED WITH HPCGUID WITH ONLY MINOR CHANGES. && .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE RAINS ARE JUST ABOUT OVER. A THUNDERSTORM WAS EXITING KGFL AT 2330...AND THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST OF IT. HAVE INCLUDED VCSH AND CB FOR BOTH KGFL AND KALB FOR THE FIRST 3-4 HOURS OF TAF PERIOD JUST IN CASE. THE ATMOSPHERE DRIES OUT NICELY OVERNIGHT...BUT SURFACE MOISTURE WILL MEAN SOME PROBLEM FOG AT KGFL WHERE IT WILL PROBABLY REACH DOWN TO IFR TOWARD DAYBREAK. AT KALB AND KPOU...FOG COULD GET DOWN TO MVFR OVERNIGHT...BUT HAVE LEFT IT AT 6SM VFR FOR NOW. CLOUDS WILL BE LITTLE MORE THAN SCT BY 08Z...AND AT VFR HEIGHTS. HAVE INCLUDED A FEW FAIR WX CU FOR FRI WITH A SCT LAYER OF SC/AC JUST ABOVE WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR DIRECTIONAL SHEAR. ALSO SOME CI FROM TIME TO TIME. THE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH ON FRI WILL BE REPLACED BY A FAST-APPROACHING COLD FRONT...WHICH WILL AFFECT CONDITIONS ON SAT BEFORE MOVING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. AGAIN...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE FOLLOWS...BUT A SURFACE TROF TO THE WEST COULD KEEP SOME SHOWERS AROUND. THIS FEATURE WILL PROBABLY LIFT NORTH AND OUT BY TUE WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN ONCE MORE. OUTLOOK... FRI NGT...VFR...NO SIG WX. SAT AND SAT NGT...VFR/MVFR...CHC SHRA/TSRA. SUN-MON...VFR...SLGT CHC ISOLD/WDLY SCT LATE DAY -SHRA. TUE...VFR...NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... AREA EXPERIENCED WIDESPREAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN. GROUND AND FUELS ARE WET AND WILL TAKE SEVERAL DAYS BFE CONDS EVEN DRY OUT OR THAT THERE WILL BE FIRE WX ISSUES OF CONCERN. DRY PERIOD WITH LIGHT WINDS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. CHC -SHRA/TSTMS WILL RETURN SAT AFTN INTO SUN MORNING. && .HYDROLOGY... PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES SHOW THAT MOST OF OUR FORECAST AREA HAS HAD 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST 36 HOURS. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...OVER 4 INCHES...WERE REPORTED. LIGHTER AMOUNTS...UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF...WERE REPORTED OVER NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES AND ALSO OVER SOUTHEASTERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT. RIVER RESPONSE HAS BEEN MOST SIGNIFICANT IN THE LOWER MOHAWK... SCHOHARIE...HOOSIC...AND BATTENKILL DRAINAGES...WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT ENOUGH TO SEND THE HEADWATERS OF THE BATTENKILL OVER FLOOD AT ARLINGTON. THE WALLOOMSAC RIVER SHOT UP FOUR FEET LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING BUT STOPPED HALF A FOOT SHORT OF FLOOD. THE MOHAWK RIVER CAME UP TWO ADDITIONAL FEET AT SCHENECTADY JUST BEFORE DAYBREAK TODAY...BEFORE LEVELING OFF AT 218 FEET. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON FRIDAY. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SNYDER NEAR TERM...SNYDER SHORT TERM...SNYDER LONG TERM...SNYDER AVIATION...ELH FIRE WEATHER...SNYDER HYDROLOGY...KILPATRICK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 323 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-251930- 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- 323 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED UNTIL SUNSET...SOME MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON SATURDAY THOUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SNYDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 309 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 NYZ032-242000- NORTHERN HERKIMER NY- 309 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY... AT 306 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCKEEVER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLD FORGE... AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MCKEEVER BY 315 PM EDT NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 330 PM EDT OLD FORGE BY 340 PM EDT ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 350 PM EDT BIG MOOSE BY 400 PM EDT RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR. WASULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 449 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 NYZ033-041-042-082-242130- HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY- NORTHERN FULTON NY- 449 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN HAMILTON AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES...MOVING INTO NORTHERN SARATOGA...AND NORTHWESTERN WARREN COUNTIES... AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL... WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE EATON CAMPGROUND TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF CAROGA LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWCOMB TO 13 MILES NORTH OF GLOVERSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WELLS AND INDIAN LAKE BY 455 PM EDT SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND AND CRANBERRY CREEK BY 500 PM EDT NORTHAMPTON BEACH PUBLIC CAMPGROUND AND NORTHVILLE BY 505 PM EDT EDINBURG BY 515 PM EDT NORTH CREEK AND DAY CENTER BY 520 PM EDT JOHNSBURG BY 525 PM EDT RAINFALL RATES MAY APPROACH A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR. WASULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 601 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 NYZ041-042-050-083-242300- SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY- SOUTHEAST WARREN NY- 601 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES... AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL... WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF NORTH CREEK TO 9 MILES WEST OF WARRENSBURG TO ROCK CITY FALLS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF INDIAN LAKE TO 9 MILES WEST OF WARRENSBURG TO 11 MILES WEST OF SARATOGA SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROCK CITY FALLS BY 610 PM EDT LAKE LUZERNE CAMPGROUND...MILTON...LAKE LUZERNE-HADLEY AND CORINTH BY 625 PM EDT CHESTERTOWN AND WARRENSBURG BY 635 PM EDT SARATOGA SPRINGS BY 640 PM EDT EAGLE POINT CAMPGROUND AND LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE BY 645 PM EDT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH MAY OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WASULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 705 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 NYZ041>043-083-084-VTZ013-250000- NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-BENNINGTON VT-NORTHERN WARREN NY- SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY- 705 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES...MOVING INTO WASHINGTON AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES... AT 702 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL... WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF HULETTS LANDING TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENWICH...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARRENSBURG TO 6 MILES SOUTH OF SARATOGA SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... GLENS FALLS BY 710 PM EDT HULETTS LANDING...HUDSON FALLS AND FORT EDWARD BY 720 PM EDT COMSTOCK AND WHITEHALL BY 730 PM EDT GREENWICH BY 735 PM EDT HARTFORD BY 740 PM EDT SALEM AND GRANVILLE BY 755 PM EDT A QUICK HALF AN INCH OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WASULA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 800 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 NYZ043-084-VTZ013-250100- BENNINGTON VT-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY- 800 PM EDT THU JUL 24 2008 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY MOVING INTO NORTHERN BENNINGTON COUNTY... AT 758 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL... WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF WHITEHALL TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF FAIR HAVEN TO 11 MILES EAST OF SARATOGA SPRINGS...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... HARTFORD BY 805 PM EDT SALEM AND GRANVILLE BY 820 PM EDT DORSET BY 840 PM EDT MANCHESTER BY 845 PM EDT MANCHESTER CENTER BY 850 PM EDT A QUICK HALF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WASULA
The Albany radar (KENX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An apparent microburst occurred in the vicinity of Middlefield Road in Peru during a thunderstorm. Several hundred trees, many in a Nature Conservancy, were reported downed or snapped due to strong winds, with peak gusts estimated at 80 to 100 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Massachusetts in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Massachusetts, July 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: 126978.