A warm and humid air mass was in place across the region on Sunday, June 2nd with temperatures well into the 80s. A cold front and associated pre-frontal surface trough was moving towards the area during the afternoon hours.
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A warm and humid air mass was in place across the region on Sunday, June 2nd with temperatures well into the 80s. A cold front and associated pre-frontal surface trough was moving towards the area during the afternoon hours. With plenty of moisture and instability in place, showers and thunderstorms developed across the region. These thunderstorms were aided by very strong winds aloft and a few storms became severe across northwestern Connecticut, producing large hail. The thunderstorms weakened by evening as the cold front moved across the area, ending the threat for severe weather.
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 2, 3:41 PM EST, 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 441 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE. DRY WEATHER WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #271 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF FA EXCEPT FOR HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED ACROSS THE FA WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS BEING SEVERE. THE STORMS HAVE FIRED AHEAD OF A PRE FRONTAL TROUGH. SPC MESOANALYSIS INDICATES SB CAPES BETWEEN 1000 AND 2500 J/KG AC RS THE FA AT MID AFTERNOON. MID LVL LAPSE RATES BTWN 6 AND 6.5 C/KM WITH LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES BTWN 6.5 AND 7.5 C/KM. STORM RELATIVE HELICITY VALUES BTWN 0-3 KM BTWN 100 AND 150 M2/S2 AND PWATS BTWN 1.6 AND 1.8 INCHES. FURTHER STRONG WIND FIELDS IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH H7 WINDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 45 KTS HAVE CELL MOVEMENT AT 40 TO 50 MPH IN THIS DIRECTION. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND MIDNIGHT WITH THE SEVERE THREAT ENDING THIS EVENING. THE SEVERE THREAT MAY END EARLIER IF WE SEE A CONTINUATION OF LOWER DEWPOINT AIR ADVECTION EASTWARD. THE PCPN IS EXPECTED TO END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS THE COLD FRONT FINALLY PUSHES THROUGH THE FA BY ARND 06Z. EXPECT LOWS TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S NORTHWEST TO MID 60S SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS MONDAY MORNING INTO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY THROUGH NW CT AND THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES. GRADUAL CLEARING WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE DAY WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. EXPECT HIGHS ON MONDAY TO RANGE FROM THE MID 60S NORTHWEST TO UPPER 70S SOUTHEAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SLOW TO BUILD INTO OUR REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WITH A RELATIVELY STRONG SURFACE AND UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA...AN ENHANCED PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE SLOW TO LOOSEN...SUGGESTING WINDS MAY NOT GO CALM AT NIGHT AND BREEZY CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. EXPECT LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO UPPER 40S MONDAY NIGHT WITH HIGHS ON TUESDAY IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S AND LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE 30S TO MID 40S WITH SOME FROST POSSIBLE ACRS THE WRN ADIRONDACKS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THE PERIOD WILL START OUT DRY AND RATHER PLEASANT FOR WEDNESDAY...WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS DUE TO SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD. THE HIGH WILL DRIFT EASTWARD TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THE FORECAST BECOMES MORE MUDDLED...AS THE PATTERN BECOMES COMPLEX AND CHAOTIC. THE GFS IS INDICATING A DECENT SURGE OF MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY SETTING UP. THIS COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. HOWEVER...THIS SCENARIO IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE OVERALL LARGE SPREAD AMONG VARIOUS SOURCES OF MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THIS TIME FRAME INCLUDING THE ECMWF...WHICH IS LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH HEAVY PRECIP. EITHER WAY...WILL AT LEAST MENTION CHANCE POPS THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS ARE LACKING...SO WILL LABEL AS SHOWERS FOR NOW. THE ECMWF ACTUALLY DEPICTS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STARTING TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY...SO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND MAY NOT END UP WET. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE EVENTUAL DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER/SHOWERS THAT WILL BE PRESENT. DUE TO EXPECTED MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WILL FORECAST SMALLER THAN NORMAL DIURNAL RANGES. HIGHS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S EACH DAY WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO UPPER 50S EACH NIGHT. && .AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... AS OF 430 PM EDT...THE BEST INSTABILITY AXIS WAS SHIFTING EAST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY (LAST TO DO SO AT KPOU/KSPF). WE ARE STILL NOT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE WOODS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THE THREAT APPEARS TO BE DIMINISHING AS DEWPOINTS TO THE WEST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY WERE DROPPING TO THE LOWER 60S. FOR NOW...REMOVED ALL MENTION OF ACTUAL THUNDER IN THE TAFS...WENT WITH VCSH BUT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. AGAIN...WHILE THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS IS LESS THAN 50 PERCENT...CERTAINLY NOT ZERO (ABOUT 25 PERCENT). DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH SHOWER ACTIVITY WE GET WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH FOG WILL BE A PROBLEM AT THE TAF SITES. WILL NOT ADJUST WHAT WAS ALREADY IN THE TAFS BUT WILL REVISIT THIS WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE 00Z TAFS. FOR NOW...STILL LOOK FOR MVFR/IFR FOG AT ALL THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE LINGERING SHOWERS AS THE REAL COLD FRONT WORKS THROUGH BY 12Z MONDAY. OUTLOOK... MON PM...VFR. CHC LINGERING -SHRA MAINLY NEAR KPOU. MON NGT-WED NGT...MAINLY VFR. NO SIG WX. THU...MAINLY VFR. CHC -SHRA. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RELATED CONCERNS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED INTO MONDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RECOVER TO 80 TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT...DROP TO 35 TO 55 PERCENT MONDAY AFTERNOON...RECOVER TO 75 TO 100 PERCENT MONDAY NIGHT...AND DROP TO 25 TO 35 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. DRIER COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN BY TUESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE PERIOD INTO MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS A SLOW MOVING BUT STRONG COLD FRONT BEGINS TO HEAD OUR WAY FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. ALL THESE FACTORS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND ALLOW FOR RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. SOME TRAINING OF CELLS IS EXPECTED AS THEY MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER 2 INCHES IN SLOWER MOVING LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST. DRY WEATHER SHOULD RETURN LATER ON MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. 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...11/NAS NEAR TERM...11/NAS SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM...11/JPV AVIATION...ELH/HWJIV FIRE WEATHER...11 HYDROLOGY...11/NAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 313 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-031100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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- 313 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 271 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCLUDING THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...LITCHFIELD...BERKSHIRE...ALBANY...COLUMBIA DUTCHESS...FULTON...GREENE...MONTGOMERY...RENSSELAER...SARATOGA SCHENECTADY...SCHOHARIE...ULSTER...WARREN...WASHINGTON...BENNINGTON ...WINDHAM. NYZ032-033-038-031100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- 313 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MAINLY NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FROST IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS. IF THE THREAT OF FROST BECOMES MORE CERTAIN THEN FROST ADVISORIES AND OR FREEZE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
340 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0309 PM TSTM WND DMG BENNINGTON 42.87N 73.19W
06/02/2013 BENNINGTON VT PUBLIC
1 TREE DOWN
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EVENT NUMBER ALY1300184
11PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
356 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0239 PM TSTM WND DMG LIVINGSTON 42.14N 73.76W
06/02/2013 COLUMBIA NY PUBLIC
TREE DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300185
VTKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
406 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0312 PM TSTM WND DMG BENNINGTON 42.87N 73.19W
06/02/2013 BENNINGTON VT WTEN
TREE DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300186
VTKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
409 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE 43.03N 73.38W
06/02/2013 WASHINGTON NY PUBLIC
TREES LIMBS DOWN AND ROSE TRELLIS SNAPPED
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EVENT NUMBER ALY1300187
VTKSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
NYZ032-022100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
410 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
AT 406 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 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BIG MOOSE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF OLD FORGE...
AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
BIG MOOSE BY 425 PM EDT
8 MILES NORTH OF ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND BY 430 PM EDT
RAINFALL RATES WILL EXCEED A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR.
LAT...LON 4406 7507 4407 7487 4350 7479 4348 7510
4406 7517 4410 7517
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 280DEG 33KT 4388 7510
TAW/IRLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
414 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG BENNINGTON 42.87N 73.19W
06/02/2013 BENNINGTON VT PUBLIC
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300188
VTKThe Albany radar (KENX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Falls Village.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Barkhampsted Center.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Connecticut in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Connecticut, June 2013
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: 454191, 454192.