A very warm and humid air mass was located across northern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of June 1st. A weak disturbance, well ahead of a cold front forecast to cross on June 2nd, triggered a few scattered thunderstorms that produced damaging winds during the evening of June 1st across portions of St.
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A very warm and humid air mass was located across northern New York during the afternoon and evening hours of June 1st. A weak disturbance, well ahead of a cold front forecast to cross on June 2nd, triggered a few scattered thunderstorms that produced damaging winds during the evening of June 1st across portions of St. Lawrence and Franklin counties.
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 1, 2:40 PM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 340 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT...MAINLY ON SUNDAY. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION FROM MONDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH MILD WEATHER FORECAST. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... AS OF 314 PM EDT SATURDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND LOCAL MESOSCALE MODELS INDICATING MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN NEW YORK INTO THE EVENING. DECENT INSTABILITY WITH SURFACE BASED CAPE 1000-1500 J/KG BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORCING OUTSIDE A WEAK VORT MAX INDICATED ON SATELLITE. CHANCE POPS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...THEN DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. AFTER A VERY WARM DAY TEMPS WILL SLOWLY FALL BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE 60S AND INCREASING CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPS. && .SHORT TERM /8 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 314 PM EDT SATURDAY...SUNDAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE AN ACTIVE WEATHER DAY ACROSS THE REGION. COLD FRONT TO BEGIN ITS PUSH EAST ON SUNDAY...AND MOVEMENT THROUGH NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND VERMONT WILL COINCIDE WITH MAX DAYTIME HEATING. SPC HAS THIS AREA UNDER SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE. FORECAST NAM12 CAPE APPROACHING 2000 J/KG AND 0-6 KM SHEAR APPROACHING 40 KTS. WILL CONTINUE ENHANCED WORDING FOR SMALL HAIL/WIND/HEAVY RAINFALL FOR THIS TIME PERIOD. HEAVY RAIN ALSO A POTENTIAL WITH SUNDAY STORMS...PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OVER 1.5 INCHES...AND MODEL SOUNDING PROFILES A MOIST COLUMN OF AIR AND DEEP WARM CLOUD DEPTH NEAR 9,000 FEET. SUGGESTS HEAVY RAINFALL RATES...AND COMBINED WITH MBE VECTORS LESS THAN 10 KNOTS FOR SLOW STORM MOVEMENT. STORM TOTAL QPF A GENERAL .75 TO 1 INCH ACROSS REGION. TEMPS SUNDAY...WITH CLOUD COVER..RAINFALL...AND LOWERING HEIGHTS WITH APPROACHING FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH WILL BE COOLER THAN PAST COUPLE DAYS...BUT STILL IN MID 80S. FRONT WILL BE INTO SOUTHERN VERMONT BY SUNDAY EVENING...WITH COOLER DRIER AIR INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. BY MONDAY COOLER AIR WELL INTO AREA AND FORECAST HIGHS INTO THE 70S. ALTHOUGH SURFACE RIDGE INTO AREA BY MONDAY...UPPER TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA WITH PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 338 PM EDT SATURDAY...CLOSED UPPER LOW MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN QUEBEC TUESDAY. THE RESULT WILL BE SOME CLOUDS AND WIDELY SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN TUESDAY NIGHT WILL THEN PROVIDE THE REGION WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND DRY CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH MOVES OFFSHORE LATER THURSDAY. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS THEN INCREASE LATER THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS UPPER TROUGH SETS UP TO OUR WEST OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM DEVELOPS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL THEN CONTINUE SATURDAY AS BOUNDARY REMAINS CLOSE TO AREA AND UPPER TROUGH MOVES SLOWLY EAST. TEMPERATURES DURING THE WEEK EXPECTED TO BE WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF SEASONAL NORMS. COOLEST DAY EXPECTED TO BE TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. LOWS EARLY IN THE WEEK WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 40S WITH SOME 30S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER MOUNTAIN VALLEYS. BY LATER IN THE WEEK...LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE PERIOD. MODEL GUIDANCE INDICATING CONDITIONS DESTABILIZE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. HAVE INDICATED THIS POSSIBILITY IN THE TAFS WITH THE VICINITY REMARK VCTS AND CB. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISH AFTER 00Z SUNDAY. SOME PATCHY FOG/HAZE OVERNIGHT...MAINLY AT MPV/SLK WHERE A PERIOD OF MVFR EXPECTED. DURING SUNDAY...AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL LEAD TO DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND BY AFTERNOON IN VERMONT. HAVE INCLUDED MENTION OF VCTS/CB TO ACCOUNT FOR STORMS...WHICH HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 10-20 KNOTS. THEY WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 KNOTS TONIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 15-25 KNOTS ON SUNDAY. OUTLOOK 18Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... 18Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...AREAS OF MVFR AND POSSIBLE IFR THROUGH 06Z MONDAY IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS A COLD FRONT SAGS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. CONDITIONS IMPROVE TO VFR DURING MONDAY...THEN MAINLY VFR WX EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HANSON NEAR TERM...HANSON SHORT TERM...HANSON LONG TERM...RJS AVIATION...RJS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 404 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-020815- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 404 AM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG AND CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND EVEN HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. SOME STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 244 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 VTZ007>010-018-011930- CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN ADDISON VT-ORANGE VT-WASHINGTON VT- WESTERN ADDISON VT- 244 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL ADDISON... NORTHWESTERN ORANGE...SOUTHWESTERN CALEDONIA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... AT 242 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR RIPTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... SOUTH LINCOLN...LINCOLN...ALPINE VILLAGE...EAST WARREN...ROXBURY... EAST ROXBURY...NORTHFIELD...EXIT 6 I89...BARRE...BERLIN... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY...PLEASE REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1 800 8 6 3 4 2 7 9...OR BY SUBMITTING A STORM REPORT AT WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON. LAT...LON 4436 7248 4415 7231 4387 7309 4403 7321 NF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 457 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001-002-005-009-016>018-020000- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN ADDISON- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON... MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL... BRISTOL...RIPTON 457 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013 ...WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS... EXPECT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHWEST VERMONT THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT. ANY STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF THE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. AS STORMS APPROACH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS. IF BOATING ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN...SEEK SAFE HARBOR. EVENSON
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
646 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013
NYZ026-027-029-087-020015-
NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-
646 PM EDT SAT JUN 1 2013
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ST. LAWRENCE AND
NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NEW YORK THROUGH 8 PM...
AT 636 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM 10
MILES NORTH OF KEMPTVILLE TO 12 MILES WEST OF ALEXANDRIA BAY...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SOUTH HAMMOND...SCHERMERHORN LANDING...ROSSIE...NELSON CORNERS...
WADDINGTON...NORTH GOUVERNEUR...DE KALB JUNCTION...RAYMONDVILLE...
POTSDAM...NORWOOD...PARISHVILLE...HOGANSBURG...
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...SEEK SHELTER
INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
LAT...LON 4444 7581 4448 7582 4472 7547 4478 7541
4479 7537 4488 7522 4495 7501 4499 7498
4499 7491 4503 7484 4500 7474 4501 7466
4500 7442 4406 7508 4432 7570 4440 7585
BANACOSThe Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
A few trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
A few scattered trees downed by thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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: 443734, 443735, 443733.