A warm and very humid air mass was in place across eastern New York. As a strong cold front approached, severe thunderstorms developed across much of the region.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A warm and very humid air mass was in place across eastern New York. As a strong cold front approached, severe thunderstorms developed across much of the region. Strong thunderstorm updrafts allowed for large hail to develop, with one storm producing hail up to 3.50 inches in diameter in Warren County. Thunderstorms also produced damaging wind gusts, with many trees down.
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 29, 9:08 AM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1008 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT MAINLY FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY SOUTH AND EAST. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... MORNING SOUNDING IS LOCKED AND LOADED FOR HI END SLIGHT RISK/MOD SEVERE EVENT....CAPES 3000 J/KG, SWEAT 301, 0-3KM STM REL HEL 141 M2/S2. EHI 1-2 SOUTH 2-4 NORTH..LI DROP TO -11. SHEAR RELATIVELY UNIDIRECTIONAL...AND HT FALLS ASSOC WITH APPROACH HING JET BEGINNING TO IMPACT W PTNS OF RGN...BUT BEST JET DYNAMICS WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL BULK OF EVENT IS OVER...SPARING US FROM THE WORST CASE SCENARIO. MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND WITH PWATS OF 1.6 INCHES HEAVY RAIN. FORTUNATELY THEY WILL BE MOVING 30+ KNOTS. TD IN UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S...FULL SUN BEATING DOWN ON RGN ATTM. TEMPS ALREADY INTO THE 80S. 17UTC SOUNDING AUTHORIZED. HRR/LOCAL WRF HANDLED THIS MORNINGS EVENT TO THE N WELL. THEY BOTH ORGANIZE LINES OF CONVECTION ACROSS THE N TIER OF FCA 16-18UTC...WITH EXPLOSIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FM THIS MORNINGS CONVECTION...AND THE LAKE BREEZE FRONTS AS CDFNT OR COLD POOLS WITH INITIAL CONVECTION SPREADS EAST. WORDING FOR LARGE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS/HVY RAIN...ADDED TO ZONES IN ANTICIPATION OF WATCH. GRIDS MODIFIED TO REFLECT TIMING ANS EVOLVING SKY CONDITIONS. MAX TEMPS ELEVATED BASED ON NEW GUID AND SUN. PVS AFD...WIDESPREAD AND ORGANIZED CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE FA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS. FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD FROM TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT THE FA WILL REMAIN IN THE WARM SECTOR WITH A VERY HUMID AIRMASS REMAINING IN PLACE AS DEWPOINTS REMAIN IN THE 60S TO NEAR 70 THROUGH THIS EVENING. WHILE MID LEVEL LAPSES RATES LESSEN TO 5.5 TO 7 C/KM...MLMUCAPES REMAIN VERY HIGHS WITH UP TO 3500 J/KG PSBL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASING UPPER JET DYNAMICS AS UPPER JET ENDS UP PUTTING FA IN EQUATORWARD ENTRANCE REGION OF A CYCLONICALLY CURVED 100+ KT JET MAX OVER SRN ONTARIO. BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH WBZ HEIGHTS FALLING TO BTWN 9 AND 11 K FT ACRS MUCH OF FA BY THIS EVENING. EXPECT HIGHS TODAY IN THE UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S WITH LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. CONTINUE THE ENHANCED WORDING MENTIONING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE ZONE FORECASTS AND GRIDS. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING MAINLY FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY SOUTH AND EAST AHEAD OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. WHILE THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY WITH WBZ HEIGHTS FALLING TO 5-9 KFT BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. EXPECT HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. MAINLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDING FROM THE GREAT LAKES INTO THE NORTHEAST. EXPECT LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S...HIGHS ON THURSDAY IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S AND LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT VERY COOL IN THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... USED 50/50 BLEND OF 18Z/28 HPC GUIDANCE AND 00Z/29 GMOS...WITH SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS. FRI-SAT NT...00Z/29 DETERMINISTIC MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE AN ANOMALOUSLY DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKING INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...WITH SOME HINT OF A WEAK SECONDARY LOW POSSIBLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST. THIS SHOULD BRING A POTENTIALLY WIDESPREAD...SOAKING RAIN TO THE REGION...WITH THE BEST CHANCE APPEARING TO BE FRI NT INTO AT LEAST EARLY SAT. THE MODELS HAVE TRENDED A BIT SLOWER WITH THE ONSET OF PRECIP...SO HAVE KEPT FRI MORNING DRY AS DEPARTING HIGH PRESSURE SLOWLY LOOSES ITS INFLUENCE ON THE REGION...WITH A GRADUAL APPROACH OF SHOWERS FROM W TO E DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING HOURS. THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY THAT THE STEADIEST RAIN TAPERS OFF LATE SAT OR SAT EVE...BUT GIVEN LOW CONFIDENCE IN SUCH TIMING FEATURES AT THIS POINT...WILL USE GENERIC HIGH CHC POPS...GRADUALLY DECREASING SAT NT. WITH THE SLOWER ONSET OF PRECIP FRI...EXPECT SEASONABLY WARM TEMPS...REACHING 70-75 IN VALLEYS...AND 65-70 ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FOR FRI AND SAT NT...EXPECT MINS TO FALL INTO THE LOWER/MID 50S IN VALLEYS...AND 40S ACROSS THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE CATSKILLS AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. FOR SAT...ASSUMING CLOUDS AND RAIN...EXPECT MAX TEMPS TO ONLY REACH 65-70 IN VALLEYS...AND 50S TO LOWER 60S ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS. SUN-MON...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHOULD CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE REGION SUNDAY...WITH SLIGHT CHC TO LOW CHC POPS...HIGHEST ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS MAY STILL OCCUR SUNDAY...ESP IN VALLEY REGIONS. MODELS DIVERGE ON HOW QUICKLY UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEPARTS REGION FOR SUN NT AND MONDAY. FOR NOW...WILL SIDE TOWARDS A MORE OPTIMISTIC...PROGRESSIVE SYSTEM...KEEPING MONDAY DRY. AS FOR TEMPS...EXPECT LOWER/MID 70S IN VALLEYS BOTH SUN AND MON. HOWEVER...HIGHER ELEVATIONS SHOULD REMAIN MUCH COOLER ON SUNDAY DUE TO MORE PERSISTENT CLOUDS AND A POTENTIALLY STEEPER LAPSE RATE WITH UPPER LEVEL COLD POOL CROSSING REGION...WITH MAXES ONLY REACHING 60-65. ON MON...EXPECT HIGHER TERRAIN TO REACH 65-70. OVERNIGHT MINS SUN NT/MON AM SHOULD FALL INTO THE LOWER/MID 50S IN VALLEYS...WITH 40S ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. && .AVIATION /14Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A WARM AND HUMID AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH FROM THE WEST LATER TODAY...AND MOVE ACROSS THE TAF SITES TONIGHT. SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE AND ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT...WITH THE BEST CHANCE OCCURRING LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. ANY FOG/LOW CLOUDS SHOULD LIFT...WITH VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP...AT FIRST REMAINING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED IN AREAL COVERAGE AFTER 14Z...THEN BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS AFTER 20Z. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR WITHIN HEAVIER SHOWERS/TSTMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR THUNDER MAY DECREASE AFTER 03Z/WED. EXPECT MVFR VSBYS/CIGS TO PERSIST THROUGH 06Z. AREAS OF MVFR/IFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 06Z...ESP AT KGFL AND KPSF. WINDS WILL BECOME S TO SW WINDS AND WILL INCREASE TO 8-12 KT AFTER 13Z/TUE...WITH SOME GUSTS OF 15-20 KT POSSIBLE...ESP AT KALB. WINDS WILL SHIFT INTO THE SW TO W AFTER 03Z/WED...AT GENERALLY LESS THAN 8 KT. WINDS WILL BE MUCH STRONGER...AND VARIABLE IN DIRECTION IN AND NEAR ANY TSTMS. WED...MVFR/IFR IMPROVING TO VFR. SLIGHT CHC SHRA/TSRA. THU...VFR...NO SIG WX. FRI...VFR. SLIGHT CHC SHOWERS IN AFTERNOON. SAT...SUB-VFR. CIG. GOOD CHANCE SHOWERS OR RAIN. && .FIRE WEATHER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF IT MAINLY FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY SOUTH AND EAST. && .HYDROLOGY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST AND MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS ALSO A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING MAINLY FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY SOUTH AND EAST ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. INCREASING LEVELS OF HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED UNTIL THE PASSAGE OF THE FIRST COLD FRONT LATE TUESDAY NIGHT OR WEDNESDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION PWATS RISE TO BETWEEN 1.50 AND 1.75 INCHES WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME TRAINING CELLS AND SOME BACKBUILDING CELLS. WHILE THE THREAT OF FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE WIDESPREAD...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AREAS MAY HAVE CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE WHICH OCCURRED SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE FA WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...IN THIS CASE IT WAS IN JUST OVER AN HOUR. THEREFORE FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE THE MAJOR CONCERN...BUT DUE TO THE EXPECTED ISOLATED TO SCATTERED NATURE OF OCCURRENCE DO NOT PLAN ON ISSUING A WATCH AT THIS TIME AND WILL HIGHLIGHT IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...INCLUDING OBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER STAGES AND LAKE ELEVATIONS...PLEASE VISIT THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON OUR WEBSITE. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...IAA/11 NEAR TERM...11/SNYDER SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM...KL AVIATION...KL FIRE WEATHER...IAA/11 HYDROLOGY...11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1248 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-082>084-VTZ013>015- 301115- 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-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 1248 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...TORNADO WATCH 313 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EAST CENTRAL CATSKILLS 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. TORNADO WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING MAINLY FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY SOUTH AND EAST ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...ALBANY...COLUMBIA...FULTON...GREENE... HAMILTON...HERKIMER...MONTGOMERY...RENSSELAER...SARATOGA... SCHENECTADY...SCHOHARIE...WARREN...AND WASHINGTON. IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM. IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE. CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-301115- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 1248 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ULSTER...DUTCHESS AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ALSO POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE EASTERLY 25 TO 35 MPH AND MAY FORM INTO LINES AND BOWING SEGMENTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING MAINLY FROM THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SCHOHARIE VALLEY SOUTH AND EAST ALONG AND AHEAD OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
723 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYZ032-033-291215-
HAMILTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
723 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
AT 722 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MCKEEVER...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF OLD FORGE...AND MOVING EAST AT
50 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SPECULATOR...MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND...LAKE PLEASANT AND 8 MILES
SOUTH OF LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 755 AM EDT
LAT...LON 4388 7428 4382 7421 4383 7416 4379 7404
4373 7422 4346 7419 4344 7509 4376 7512
TIME...MOT...LOC 1123Z 270DEG 51KT 4354 7501PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
735 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0544 AM TSTM WND DMG LIMEKILN LAKE CAMPGROUN 43.72N 74.81W
05/29/2012 HAMILTON NY FOREST SERVICE
1 TREE DOWN ACROSS RD.
0612 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 NNW LEWEY LAKE CAMPGR 43.69N 74.41W
05/29/2012 HAMILTON NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1 TREE DOWN ON WIRES KNOCKING OUT POWER.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1200019
EVENT NUMBER ALY1200020
11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
742 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYZ042-043-291215-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
742 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 741 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR HAGUE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF WHITEHALL...AND MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
PUTNAM STATION...PUTNAM AND WRIGHT BY 750 AM EDT
LAT...LON 4380 7337 4379 7335 4377 7334 4375 7336
4372 7337 4369 7340 4364 7342 4363 7343
4362 7357 4379 7361 4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1142Z 261DEG 30KT 4373 7346
FRUGISSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
802 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYZ042-043-291230-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
802 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 759 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CHESTERTOWN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF WARRENSBURG...AND MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BOLTON LANDING BY 810 AM EDT
HULETTS LANDING AND 9 MILES SOUTH OF HAGUE BY 820 AM EDT
WHITEHALL BY 825 AM EDT
LAT...LON 4381 7337 4377 7334 4369 7340 4359 7342
4358 7340 4363 7337 4363 7332 4353 7323
4347 7387 4376 7393 4381 7345 4381 7338
TIME...MOT...LOC 1203Z 267DEG 37KT 4360 7375
FRUGISSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1109 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-291800- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER... NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION... HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE... GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE... WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1109 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER EASTERN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY AND BECOME SEVERE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO ORGANIZE OVER THE ADIRONDACKS MIDDAY...THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. IF YOUR OUTDOORS KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY...AND BE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS LATER TODAY. SNYDER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1211 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
NYZ038-039-082-291645-
SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
1211 PM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
AT 1207 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
MIDDLEVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE FALLS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
DOLGEVILLE BY 1220 PM EDT
STRATFORD BY 1235 PM EDT
7 MILES WEST OF CAROGA LAKE AND 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF CAROGA LAKE
PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 1245 PM EDT
LAT...LON 4326 7466 4320 7445 4308 7446 4303 7495
4321 7500
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 259DEG 19KT 4314 7486
SNYDER/KOLECIThe Albany radar (KENX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:49 UTC.
22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The public reported baseball sized hail from a thunderstorm in Stratford via Facebook.
Half-dollar sized hail was reported due to a thunderstorm in Caroga Lake via Facebook.
Quarter sized hail was reported from a thunderstorm about 2 miles southwest of Riverbank.
The public reported golf ball sized hail from a thunderstorm in North Bolton.
The public reported tennis ball sized hail from a thunderstorm in Bolton Landing via Facebook. Media reported cars being damaged from hail.
A public report from Facebook, verified via photographs containing a tape measure, displayed large apple sized hail up to 3.50 inches in diameter from a thunderstorm in North Bolton.
Ping-pong ball sized hail was reported via the Shave project from a thunderstorm about 2 miles northeast of North Bolton.
Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Edinburg.
Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Huletts Landing via Facebook.
Penny size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Wilton.
Golf ball sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Ballard Corners.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm at the Belleayre Ski Area.
Golf ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Lake George Village.
Half-dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Lake George Village via Facebook.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Gloversville.
Trees were reported down along Route 30A just to the south of Fultonville due to thunderstorm winds.
A tree was reported down and blocking a road in front of the Tribes Hill Fire Department in Tribes Hill due to thunderstorm winds.
One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds near Johnstown.
Quarter sized hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Broadalbin via a WeatherNet6 spotter report.
Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Cranesville.
Trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm outflow winds in Glenville.
Multiple trees and wires were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Galway.
Tree tops were reported to be sheared off due to thunderstorm winds at Charlton Heights Elementary School.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in West Milton.
A wind gust was estimated to be about 60 mph during a thunderstorm in West Milton.
Half-dollar size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Factory Village.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm about 1 mile east of Aqueduct.
A broadcast media meteorologist reported quarter size hail (measured) during a thunderstorm in Niskayuna.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Niskayuna.
Tree limbs were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Saratoga Springs.
Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Cambridge.
Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Salem.
Multiple trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds about 1 mile southwest of Menands.
Trees were reported down and on wires due to thunderstorm winds in Mechanicville.
One tree was reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Troy.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Lafayetteville.
Ping-pong ball size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Pine Plains.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, May 2012
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: 376746, 376747, 376750, 376748, 376749, 376751, 376752, 376962, 376963, 376964, 376965, 376966, 376967, 376968, 376970, 376977, 376975, 376980, 376969, 376981, 376978, 376979, 376986, 376971, 376987, 376972, 376974, 376989, 376990, 376995, 376996, 376997, 376998, 376999, 377000, 377001, 377002.