Hurricane Sandy moved northward off eastern seaboard of the United States during the last week of October 2012. Due to a very strong blocking ridge of high pressure situated over the Atlantic Ocean, the storm turned back to the northwest and rapidly strengthened as it moved toward the mid-Atlantic coast.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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.
Hurricane Sandy moved northward off eastern seaboard of the United States during the last week of October 2012. Due to a very strong blocking ridge of high pressure situated over the Atlantic Ocean, the storm turned back to the northwest and rapidly strengthened as it moved toward the mid-Atlantic coast. Although the storm began transitioning into a non-tropical nor'easter storm, it remained an extremely powerful cyclone. As the storm made landfall in southern New Jersey during the evening of October 29th, bands of rain moved across western New England. The rainfall was not excessively heavy and did not cause any flooding, thanks to dry antecedent conditions. Rainfall amounts were generally less than an inch for valley areas, but higher terrain areas saw slightly higher amounts. Woodford reported a rainfall total of 2.07 inches.
However, strong and gusty winds in association with the storm caused damage to trees and power lines across the region. Although not quite as widespread as areas across southeastern New York and New Jersey, power outages occurred throughout the region. Most of the outages in Vermont were primarily in the western part of the state. Wind gusts of 40 to 60 mph were common from the afternoon of the 29th until the early morning hours of the 30th. The highest wind gust in southern Vermont occurred in Woodford, where a wind gust to 58 mph was reported.
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 Oct 29, 12:36 PM EST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
136 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
HURRICANE SANDY WILL TRANSFORM INTO A POWERFUL COASTAL STORM AS IT
REACHES THE NEW JERSEY COAST LATER TODAY. THIS WILL BRING RAIN TO
THE REGION...ALONG WITH STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER FOR THE
OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK...AS IT BECOMES POST TROPICAL LATER TODAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 100 PM...RAIN BAND MOVING RAPIDLY WESTWARD ACROSS NEW ENGLAND
ALLREADY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST...AND SHOULD
SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGH MOST OF THE REST OF THE FORECAST BY 3 TO 4
PM. HAVE ADJUSTED POP/WX GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR THE MOVEMENT. RESTOF
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST GRIDS ARE UNCHANGED.
.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
AS OF 1030 AM EDT...SANDY IS NOW TURNING WESTWARD ON THE LATEST
SATELLITE PICTURE. STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO BUILD
TO THE NE OF THE SYSTEM. THE 11 AM NHC STATEMENT HAD THE CENTRAL
PRESSURE DOWN TO 943 HPA OR 27.85 INCHES. IT COULD BE DEEPENING
CLOSE TO 940 HPA AT THIS POINT. STAY TUNED TO THE NEXT STATEMENT
LATER THIS MORNING FROM NHC.
MADE ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON LATEST RADAR AND SURFACE DATA. INCREASED
POPS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TO ACCOUNT FOR THE LATEST RADAR DATA.
OTHERWISE OVERALL FORECAST IS ON TRACK.
PREVIOUS NEAR TERM...
MEANWHILE...A SURGE OF DRY MID LEVEL AIR CONTINUES TO AFFECT OUR
REGION FROM THE EAST. BELOW THIS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO
BUILD...BUT AS NE WINDS GRADUALLY INCREASE...SO IS LOW LEVEL
DOWNSLOPING...WHICH THUS FAR SEEMS TO DIMINISH ANY AREAS OF LIGHT
RAIN/DRIZZLE THAT TRY TO MOVE INTO OR PAST THE BERKSHIRES FROM
W-CNTRL NEW ENGLAND.
WE CONTINUED TO LOWER POPS THIS MORNING TO SLIGHT OR LOW CHC
VALUES FROM THE CAPITAL REGION E/SE WITH LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE.
THEN INCREASE TO LIKELY/CAT FOR THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING FROM
SE TO NW WITH BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
MEANWHILE...AS SANDY TRANSFORMS INTO AN EXTRATROPICAL ENTITY...AND
AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OR EVEN BUILDS FURTHER WELL TO OUR N
AND NE...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS
OUR REGION LATER THIS MORNING...AND MUCH MORE DRAMATICALLY THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY NIGHT. A SOMEWHAT DISTURBING FACTOR IS NOTED
IN FORECAST SOUNDINGS...WHICH IS THE PRESENCE OF PERSISTENT DRY
AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...WHICH MAY TEND TO ALLOW
FOR SOMEWHAT DEEPER MIXING THAN MIGHT BE EXPECTED WITH A MORE
TRADITIONAL COASTAL STORM. SOME OF THIS IS LIKELY DUE TO
DOWNSLOPING...GIVEN THE EASTERLY COMPONENT OF THE WINDS
INTERACTING WITH THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
HOWEVER...PLENTY OF MID LEVEL DRY AIR HAS ALSO WRAPPED AROUND THE
OUTER PERIPHERY OF SANDY/S CIRCULATION. THE BOTTOM LINE...IS THAT
WIND GUSTS MAY BECOME QUITE STRONG TO DAMAGING LATER TODAY INTO
EARLY TONIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. WE ARE CURRENTLY
EXPECTING WIND GUSTS TO REACH 55-65 MPH IN VALLEY REGIONS...AND
65-75 MPH ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...ALTHOUGH EVEN HIGHER GUSTS
COULD OCCUR. WINDS WILL INITIALLY BE FROM THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST
THROUGH THIS EVENING...THEN TREND INTO THE E/SE LATER THIS EVENING
INTO TUE MORNING AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM MOVES INTO PA. SOME OF
THE STRONGEST GUSTS MAY ACTUALLY OCCUR OVERNIGHT...AS SOME COLD
AIR ADVECTION WRAPS AROUND FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AFTER THE
STORM/S CORE MOVES INTO PA.
AS FOR RAINFALL...MOST OF THE RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN ON THE SOUTH AND WEST SIDE OF THE STORM/S
TRACK...ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC STATES...WHERE THE BEST
MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WILL COINCIDE WITH THE LEADING
EDGE OF THE EASTERLY LOW LEVEL JET TO MAXIMIZE LIFT AND RAINFALL.
IN OUR REGION...ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE EXPECTED TRACK...IT
APPEARS THAT ONLY SOME RAINBANDS WILL TRACK NORTHWARD INTO THE
REGION...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL LIKELY
BE MORE PERSISTENT ACROSS E/NE-FACING HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE
CATSKILLS...PORTIONS OF THE ADIRONDACKS...AND FROM THE GREEN MTNS
SOUTH INTO THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS...WHERE ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL WILL LIKELY BE GENERATED DUE TO SIGNIFICANT OROGRAPHIC
EFFECTS/ENHANCEMENT. ACROSS THESE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...RAINFALL
AMTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH PERHAPS ISOLATED
AMTS APPROACHING 5 INCHES. HOWEVER...THE AREAL COVERAGE OF THESE
AMTS WILL BE RATHER SMALL...AND CERTAINLY LESS THAN FROM IRENE. IN
VALLEY REGIONS...ESP FROM ALBANY NORTH...SIGNIFICANT DOWNSLOPING
IS EXPECTED...WHICH SHOULD GENERALLY KEEP RAINFALL AMTS UNDER ONE
INCH...AND PERHAPS CONSIDERABLY UNDER AN INCH IN SOME OF THESE
REGIONS. IN FACT...IT IS QUITE CONCEIVABLE THAT SOME VALLEY
REGIONS RECEIVE AS LITTLE AS ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OR LESS OF
RAINFALL.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 55-60 RANGE IN MOST
AREAS LATER TODAY...AND MAY ACTUALLY RISE A BIT FURTHER AFTER
SUNSET AS THE REMNANT WARM CORE OF SANDY TRANSLATES CLOSE TO THE
REGION. OVERNIGHT MINS SHOULD FALL INTO THE LOWER/MID 50S TOWARD
DAYBREAK SUNDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
THE POWERFUL POST TROPICAL CYCLONE WILL BE SLOWING SITTING AND
SPINNING ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN PA FOR TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH THE LOW
WILL BE RAPIDLY WEAKENING...IT/S BROAD CIRCULATION WILL STILL BE
HAVING A STRONG IMPACT ON OUR REGION. THE BEST SYNOPTIC FORCING
WITH THE LOW WILL BE WELL WEST OF OUR AREA ACROSS WESTERN NY/WESTERN
PA. THIS WILL KEEP THE STEADIEST RAINFALL TO THE WEST OF OUR AREA.
HOWEVER...WITH THE PERSISTENT E-SE FLOW CONTINUING...SHOWERS WILL
CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY...ESP ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN...THANKS TO MOISTURE UPSLOPING THE HIGH TERRAIN. VALLEY
AREAS MAY SEE THE COVERAGE OF SHOWERS DECREASING BY LATE IN THE DAY.
MAX TEMPS ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 50S T0 LOW 60S FOR MOST
AREAS /ALTHOUGH DOWNSLOPE AREAS TO THE WEST OF THE HIGH TERRAIN OF
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND MAY SEE SOME MID 60S/.
WINDS WILL STILL BE GUSTY...ESP DURING THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTN
HOURS...AS 850 HPA WINDS ON THE NAM/GFS/ECMWF STILL SHOW 40-50 KTS
AT TIMES. WITH THE NEARBY STACKED LOW...LOWER AND MID LEVELS WILL BE
COOLING...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD MOMENTUM TRANSFER AS THERE WON/T
BE MUCH OF AN INVERSION IN PLACE...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30-50 MPH WILL
STILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS MAY FINALLY START TO DIMINISH BY
TUESDAY NIGHT AS A LOW LEVEL INVERSION DEVELOPS.
SOME SHOWERS WILL STILL BE LIKELY ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY...ESP LATE TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING...AS THE
STACKED LOW BEGINS TO SHIFT NORTHWARD TOWARDS WESTERN NY...AND SOME
CYCLONIC FLOW WILL ALLOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP. WHILE HEAVY RAINFALL IS
NOT ANTICIPATED...SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS DO LOOK LIKELY FOR MUCH OF
THE AREA. MIN TEMPS ON TUESDAY NIGHT BE IN THE 40S. MAX TEMPS ON
WEDNESDAY WILL BE COOLER WITH THE LOWER HEIGHTS...WITH 50S FOR MUCH
OF THE AREA. A FEW GUSTS TO 20 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE ON
WED...MAINLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN.
FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...THE WHOLE SYSTEM WILL
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES FROM WESTERN NEW YORK TOWARDS
NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. WITH THE CONTINUED LOW HEIGHTS OVERHEAD AND
CYCLONIC FLOW...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND CHC POPS
ARE IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE STORM SHOULD HAVE WEAKENED
ENOUGH FOR WINDS TO BE LIGHTER DURING THIS PERIOD...AND NO GUSTY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT ONWARD. MIN TEMPS ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE 40S. MAX TEMPS WILL ONCE AGAIN ON
THURSDAY BE IN THE 50S. MIN TEMPS WILL BE A LITTLE CHILLY FOR
THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH MID 30S TO MID 40S...BUT IT WILL REMAIN WARM
ENOUGH FOR ANY LINGERING SHOWERS TO STILL ONLY FALL AS LIQUID.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
CLOSED H500 LOW ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY FINALLY LIFTS N/NE INTO SRN
QUEBEC ON FRIDAY WITH SECONDARY CLOSED H500 CIRCULATION MOVING OVER
NY AND PA ACCORDING TO THE LATEST ECMWF/GFS/CAN GGEM. A SFC TROUGH
OR COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE VORTICITY ADVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLOSED UPPER CIRCULATION...AND THE PASSAGE OF
THE COLD FRONT WILL YIELD A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ESPECIALLY NORTH AND
WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION...AND SLIGHT CHANCES FROM THERE SOUTH AND
EAST. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S IN THE
VALLEYS...AND M40S TO L50S OVER THE HILLS AND MTNS.
FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...COLD ADVECTION OCCURS IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT AND THE UPPER TROUGH PASSAGE WITH H850 TEMPS FALLING INTO
THE 0 TO -3C RANGE WEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY...AND 0C TO +2C
TO THE EAST. THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLD-SCT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES
WITH THE COOLING BOUNDARY LAYER...AND STEEPENING LOW AND MID LEVEL
LAPSE RATES OVER THE WRN DACKS...W-CNTRL MOHAWK VALLEY. SOME
ISOLD-SCT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE SPINE OF
THE SRN GREENS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID TO U30S IN THE
VALLEYS...AND U20S TO L30S OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE CYCLONIC
FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO START THE WEEKEND...BUT THE SUBSIDENCE
INVERSION WILL BE LOWERING BY THE AFTERNOON. SOME ISOLD SHOWERS
WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWNWIND OF THE LAKES EARLY ON...THEN PARTLY SUNNY
SKIES...COOL...AND BRISK CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHS IN THE
U40S TO L50S IN THE VALLEYS...AND 40S OVER THE HILLS/MTNS.
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE GREAT
LAKES REGION...AND ONTARIO WITH FAIR...DRY...AND SEASONABLY COOL
WEATHER FOR EARLY NOV. LOWS WILL BE IN THE U20S TO M30S WITH HIGHS
IN THE M40S TO L50S OVER THE REGION.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
VERY STRONG WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WIND GUSTS WILL BE 40-50
KTS ACROSS THE TAF ROUTE WITH SUSTAINED WINDS 25-30 KTS. STRONGEST
WINDS WILL BE ACROSS KPOU AND KPSF. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH
THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH A PERIOD OF IFR OVERNIGHT.
LIGHT RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...ESPECIALLY AT KPSF AND KPOU.
THE 11 AM NHC STATEMENT HAD THE CENTRAL PRESSURE OF SANDY DOWN TO
943 HPA OR 27.85 INCHES. IT COULD BE DEEPENING CLOSE TO 940 HPA AT
THIS POINT. STAY TUNED TO THE NEXT STATEMENT FROM THE NHC.
OUTLOOK...
TUE PM-THU...MVFR WITH POSSIBLE IFR. -SHRA LIKELY. BREEZY.
FRI...MAINLY VFR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF -SHRA IN THE AM.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
FIRE WEATHER RELATED CONCERNS WILL BE MINIMAL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS DUE TO PERSISTENT HIGH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND RAINFALL.
THIS WILL KEEP FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS LOW THROUGH THE WORK WEEK.
REFER TO LATEST FWFALY FOR MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WITH SANDY WILL BE TO THE LEFT OF THE STORM
TRACK. THIS WOULD BRING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TO PA/SRN
NJ/DE/MA...AND LEAVE MOST OF THE ALY HSA ON THE DRIER NORTHERN SIDE
OF THE SYSTEM.
FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON MONDAY THROUGH 600 AM
WEDNESDAY FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE
W-CNTRL MOHAWK VALLEY. LATEST MODEL QPF FORECASTS SHOW LARGE
TERRAIN-ORIENTED VARIATIONS. UPSLOPE AREAS FROM THE CATSKILLS TO
WESTERN NEW ENGLAND ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE CATSKILLS...WHERE LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DUE TO
DOWNSLOPING...SOME VALLEY AREAS MAY SEE AN INCH OR LESS OF
RAINFALL...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY UP TO TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH
OF THE CAPITAL REGION DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY. EVEN IN VALLEY
AREAS...THE RAINFALL COULD FALL QUICKLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE SOME MINOR
FLOODING OF URBAN...LOW LYING...OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS /LEAVES
CLOGGED IN DRAINS/ AS WELL.
TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT DUE TO STRONG EASTERLY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
DRIVING MECHANISM WHICH DETERMINES HOW MUCH RAIN EVENTUALLY FALLS IN
THE ALY HSA. THE STRONG EASTERLIES MAY GREATLY CURTAIL THE RAIN
TOTALS IN THE NORTH-SOUTH ORIENTED VALLEYS DUE TO THE SHADOWING
EFFECT.
THE LATEST NERFC QPF INDICATES MAINLY MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE CATSKILLS...IF THOSE HIGHER LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS DO OCCUR. WILLIAMSTOWN AND BENNINGTON ARE ALSO BEING
MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...TIDAL FLOODING UP
THE HUDSON RIVER WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM POUGHKEEPSIE UP TO
ALBANY...AS WELL DUE TO A SIGNIFICANT TIDAL SURGE MOVING UP THE NEW
YORK BIGHT AND INTO THE HUDSON RIVER. A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR POUN6 FOR RECORD FLOODING THAT IS EXPECTED.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES REGARDING THE
HYDROLOGIC ASPECTS OF THIS STORM.
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...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR CTZ001-013.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR CTZ001-013.
NY...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR NYZ032-033-
038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR NYZ040>043-047>054-
058>061-063>066-083-084.
MA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR MAZ001-025.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR MAZ001-025.
VT...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY FOR VTZ013>015.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR VTZ013>015.
&&
SYNOPSIS...GJM/IAA/VTK
NEAR TERM...GJM/IAA/VTK/KL/WASULA
SHORT TERM...FRUGIS
LONG TERM...WASULA
AVIATION...VTK
FIRE WEATHER...HWJIV/KL
HYDROLOGY...WASULAHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 429 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ040>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084- VTZ013>015-301100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 429 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT... WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FULTON...HERKIMER...AND HAMILTON COUNTIES...AND FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY FOR ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. IN ADDITION...PLEASE SEND ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...MEASURED WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FLOODING...OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NYZ032-033-038-039-082-301100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- NORTHERN FULTON- 429 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT TUESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR FULTON...HERKIMER...AND HAMILTON COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH WIND WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TODAY FOR ALL OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. IN ADDITION...PLEASE SEND ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE...MEASURED WINDS GREATER THAN 40 MPH...FLOODING...OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
149 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0104 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG CONESVILLE 42.39N 74.38W
10/29/2012 SCHOHARIE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
WIRE DOWN AT HUBARD AND FLAT CORNER
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1200282
IRLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
250 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0119 PM FLOOD 1 SW KINGSTON 41.92N 74.01W
10/29/2012 ULSTER NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ROUTE 213 CLOSED BETWEEN CREEKS LOCKS RD AND KINGSTON
CITY LINE RONDOUT CREEK TIDAL FLOODING
0141 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 6 NNE LAKE CARMEL 41.54N 73.64W
10/29/2012 DUTCHESS NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ROUTE 292 CLOSED DUE TO TREES AND WIRES DOWN BETWEEN
BUNDY HILLS RD AND SANITA RD
0228 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG NEW ASHFORD 42.60N 73.24W
10/29/2012 BERKSHIRE MA AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN POWER OUT
0228 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 SE GREAT BARRINGTON 42.17N 73.33W
10/29/2012 BERKSHIRE MA AMATEUR RADIO
BUTTERNUT MOUNTAIN TREES DOWN
&&
IAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
313 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0303 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 W WOODSTOCK 42.04N 74.14W
10/29/2012 ULSTER NY DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
ROUTE 212 CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREE AND WIRES
&&
IAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
414 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0356 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG STONE RIDGE 41.85N 74.14W
10/29/2012 ULSTER NY AMATEUR RADIO
TWO TREES DOWN
0400 PM NON-TSTM WND GST HUNTER 42.21N 74.22W
10/29/2012 M50.00 MPH GREENE NY AMATEUR RADIO
HUNTER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT
&&
IAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
430 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0225 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SW TORRINGTON 41.80N 73.17W
10/29/2012 M46.00 MPH LITCHFIELD CT MESONET
1220 FEET
0237 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 ESE TORRINGTON 41.82N 73.08W
10/29/2012 M52.00 MPH LITCHFIELD CT MESONET
967 FEET
0250 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 WNW LONG LAKE 43.98N 74.44W
10/29/2012 M47.00 MPH HAMILTON NY MESONET
1650 FEET
0330 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNW SHEFFIELD 42.14N 73.36W
10/29/2012 M46.00 MPH BERKSHIRE MA MESONET
662 FEET
0338 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSE OTIS 42.16N 73.05W
10/29/2012 M57.00 MPH BERKSHIRE MA MESONET
1450 FEET
0348 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 1 S SARATOGA SPRINGS 43.05N 73.78W
10/29/2012 M46.00 MPH SARATOGA NY MESONET
0400 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW EAST WINDSOR 42.47N 73.02W
10/29/2012 M45.00 MPH BERKSHIRE MA MESONET
1894 FEET
0415 PM NON-TSTM WND GST NORTH OTIS 42.23N 73.11W
10/29/2012 E50.00 MPH BERKSHIRE MA TRAINED SPOTTER
AT 1500 FEET. CAN HEAR LIMBS BREAKING.
&&
IAAPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
433 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0423 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SSE OTIS 42.16N 73.05W
10/29/2012 M61.00 MPH BERKSHIRE MA MESONET
1450 FEET
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IAAThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 58 mph was reported in Woodford at an elevation of 2300 feet at 3:41 pm EST. In Bennington at the William H Morse State Airport, a wind gust of 41 mph occurred at 6:26 pm EST.
Route 9 was closed to traffic due to power lines down in the road near the Molly Stark Motel just west of Brattleboro. Two trees were reported down on Interstate 91 in southern Vermont.
Power outage on Route 30 near Townsend. A wind gust of 43 mph was reported 5 miles north-northwest of Wilmington at an elevation of 2099 feet at 4:41 pm EST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, October 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: 415687, 416481, 416482.