A slow moving area of low pressure traveled southwest to northeast across northern New York on June 10 to 11, producing a swath of rainfall in excess of 3 inches over northern Franklin County and western Clinton County. Previous rainfall had saturated soils and elevated river levels beginning in late May.
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A slow moving area of low pressure traveled southwest to northeast across northern New York on June 10 to 11, producing a swath of rainfall in excess of 3 inches over northern Franklin County and western Clinton County. Previous rainfall had saturated soils and elevated river levels beginning in late May. Rain ended on June 11, however rivers continued to flood through June 12.
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 11, 6:56 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 756 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 .SYNOPSIS... AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...EXPECT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS TO CONTINUE. MORE RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FIELD FLOODING. THE UPPER TROUGH EXITS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND SHOWERS WILL BE COMING TO AN END. STILL LOOKING A PLENTY OF CLOUDS WITH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY BEFORE ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES IN AND BRINGS MORE SHOWERS TO THE NORTH COUNTRY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... AS OF 756 PM EDT TUESDAY...COMPOSITE RADAR LOOP SHOWING THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAINFALL MOVING INTO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT AT THIS TIME. STILL EXPECTING SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. RAISED THE MIN TEMPERATURES IN SOME LOCATIONS UP A DEGREE OR TWO BASED ON LATEST GFS LAMP GUIDANCE. OTHERWISE...THE FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT LOOKS GOOD. THE EAST BRANCH OF THE AUSABLE RIVER IN NORTHERN NEW YORK HAS CRESTED AND THE RIVER LEVEL IS SLOWLY FALLING AT THIS TIME. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FROM 323 PM EDT TUESDAY...FIRST WAVE OF RAIN HAS LIFTED NORTH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOW INCREASING DYNAMIC SUPPORT INTO THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT WILL BRING ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS TO THE NORTH COUNTRY. WILL MENTION OCCASIONAL SHOWERS THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER WILL EXIST SO OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 50S. THE STEADIER RAINFALL IS OVER...BUT ANY WHERE FROM A QUARTER INCH TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH MINOR FIELD FLOODING. WE HAVE SEEN RISES ON RIVERS...BUT MAINSTEM RIVERS WILL REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. && .SHORT TERM /8 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 323 PM EDT TUESDAY...THE SHOWERS COME TO AN END DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. STILL QUITE A BIT OF CLOUDS AROUND TO HELP KEEP TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY. HIGHS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE MID 60S TO THE LOWER 70S...WITH A FEW BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY. A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER WILL EXIST FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. STRONGEST FORCING LOOKS LIKE IT REMAINS OVER SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND THIS WILL BE WHERE THE STEADIEST PRECIPITATION WILL EXIST. WILL MENTION A CHANCE NORTH TO LIKELY SHOWERS SOUTH OVER OUR AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. WITH MORE CLOUDS AROUND...LOOKING AT HIGHS IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF 323 PM EDT TUESDAY...MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY EXPECTED TO SEE MORE PRECIPITATION. FOR FRIDAY...FRNTL BOUNDARY/UPPER TROUGH SWINGS SLOWLY THRU THE NE WELL INTO THE EVENING HRS...BFR EXITING BY SATURDAY MORNING. MDLS DO SLOW THIS SYSTEM DO TO CUTOFF LOW MVG EAST OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. WILL KEEP FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT PERIODS WITH CHANCE FOR SHOWERS...TAPERING OFF FROM NW TO SE AS FRNT TRAVERSES AREA. WILL KEEP QPF LOW FOR EVENT NEAR A TENTH OF AN INCH. GOING INTO THE WEEKEND...EXPECTING CLDS TO EXIT REGION PROVIDING A NICE DAY AS WELL AS TRANSLATING INTO A NICE EVENING WITH RIDGE SETTLING SOUTH OF THE CWA. THE LATTER PORTION OF THE EXTENDED DOES DIFFER W/ LATEST RUNS OF GFS/ECMWF. WK LOW/TROUGH FOR SUNDAY A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN GFS THAN ECMWF SO WILL SPLIT TIMING AND KEEP MAINLY CHANCE FOR -RW IN...AND CHANCE FOR ST LAW VALLEY. LOW MVG EAST OUT OF THE GREAT LKS REGION BEHIND THIS QUICK MVG SYSTEM FOR SUNDAY WILL KEEP AMPLE MOISTURE IN OVER THE NE. HIGHER CHANCE FOR -RW MON-TUES SO WILL KEEP NEAR HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR RAIN. GOING TO KEEP THRU THE TWO-DAY PERIOD AS TIMING ISSUES WITH UPPER TROUGH LIFTING SFC FEATURE OUT OF AREA DIFFER BY 6-12 HRS. TEMPS WARMEST OVER THE WEEKEND W/ LACK OF CLDS SO WILL GO NEAR MDL GUIDANCE AND WILL KEEP HIGHS FOR FRI/MON/TUES BLW NORMAL W/ EXTENSIVE CLDS/RW EXPECTED. OVERNGT LOWS DURING THIS TIME WILL STAY NEAR NORMAL AS CLDS WILL ABATE ANY RADIATIONAL COOLING EFFECTS. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY...WIDESPREAD REDUCTIONS TO MVFR/IFR EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT DUE TO RAIN...MIST...AND LOW CEILINGS. PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR VISIBILITIES IN RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WITH IMPROVEMENT IN VISIBILITIES EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY AFTER 06Z. HOWEVER LOW CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO AFFECT ALL TAF SITES FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE NIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IFR CEILINGS ARE LIKELY AT BTV/RUT/MSS/SLK FOR PERIODS OF TIME WITH PREDOMINANTLY MVFR AT PBG/MPV. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS FORECAST DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS EVENING TURN NORTHERLY OVERNIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...WITH SOME GUSTS UP TO 20 KNOTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY AT BTV/PBG/MPV/RUT. OUTLOOK 00Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... 00Z THURSDAY THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY...PRIMARILY VFR BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS. 00Z FRIDAY THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY...VFR WITH PERIODS OF MVFR/IFR IN RAIN SHOWERS AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES SOUTH OF REGION. 06Z SATURDAY ONWARD...VFR UNDER BUILDING RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...EVENSON NEAR TERM...EVENSON/WGH SHORT TERM...EVENSON LONG TERM...JN AVIATION...MUCCILLI
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 322 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-121930- 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- 322 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE FIRST WAVE OF WIDESPREAD RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF THIS AFTERNOON...BUT OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER INCH TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY TONIGHT. AS A RESULT... PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MINOR FIELD FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 546 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 NYZ027-028-030-031-034-035-112345- EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY- 546 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 ...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW LAND FLOODING ACROSS CLINTON...NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES... RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS CAUSING RAPID RISES ON SMALL STREAMS AND BROOKS...LEADING TO LOW LAND FIELD FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT PONDING ON AREA ROADWAYS. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF MINOR FLOODING IN FRANKLIN AND CLINTON COUNTIES...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SARANAC AND SALMON RIVERS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE ELEVATED LEVELS ON SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND PONDING OF WATER ON COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... LYON MOUNTAIN...WHIPPLEVILLE...CHAZY LAKE...ELLENBURG MOUNTAIN... MOFFITTSVILLE...REDFORD...DANNEMORA...SARANAC...CADYVILLE... MALONE...WEST PLATTSBURGH...MORRISONVILLE... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 4436 7345 4452 7457 4499 7457 4500 7340 MUCCILLI
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 746 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 NYZ027-028-030-031-034-035-120145- EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-NORTHERN FRANKLIN NY- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY- 746 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2013 ...RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW LAND FLOODING ACROSS CLINTON...NORTH CENTRAL ESSEX AND NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES... EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVIER RAIN IS EXITING THE REGION...BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEW YORK. ELEVATED LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS...STREAMS...AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING OF FIELDS AND LOW LAND AREAS AND SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SARANAC...SALMON...AND AUSABLE RIVERS. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... MOFFITTSVILLE...SARANAC...PEASLEEVILLE...CADYVILLE...SCHUYLER FALLS...HARKNESS...WHIPPLEVILLE...VALCOUR...DUANE CENTER...BRYANTS MILL. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 4501 7340 4432 7343 4448 7458 4499 7456 MUCCILLI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flooding of the Saranac River and its tributaries caused the closure of over a dozen roads in Saranac, Riverview, and Redford due to inundation and washouts.
Flooding from heavy rainfall forced the closure of several roads throughout Franklin County NY in Duane Center, Bangor, Malone, Dickinson, Burke, Hogansburg, and Bombay. Flooding began late evening on June 11 with small streams and overflowing ditches washing out roads and culverts. On June 12 flooding transitioned into the larger rivers such as the Salmon, Little Salmon, and the Trout Rivers. There were evacuations of homes in Fort Covington on the Salmon River, and numerous state, county, and town highways were flooded.
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: 452605, 452444.