After several days of heavy rainfall from a slow moving area of low pressure, the ground was very saturated and small streams were running high. During the afternoon of Friday, June 14th, several clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed due to an upper trough over the region.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
After several days of heavy rainfall from a slow moving area of low pressure, the ground was very saturated and small streams were running high. During the afternoon of Friday, June 14th, several clusters of showers and thunderstorms developed due to an upper trough over the region. These showers and thunderstorms moved across the same area of Schoharie County through the afternoon. As a result, flash flooding occurred. Several streets in the town of Middleburgh became impassable as streams left their banks and 450 children at a school were stranded. The town of Middleburgh and village of Schoharie were under a state of emergency. Newspaper media reported roads were damaged in the towns of Seward, Richmondville, Cobleskill, Summit, Middleburgh, Fulton, Blenheim and Conesville. Many basements in the area experienced flooding and several culverts were damaged. Media estimated that the damage would be around $1 million, with the worst damage occurring in the town of Middleburgh.
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 14, 12:18 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 118 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 .SYNOPSIS... THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...HOWEVER IT WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 1250 PM EDT...ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN SARATOGA CO...AND ARE HEADING SOUTH. THE COMBINATION OF A LINGERING MID TROPOSPHERIC COLD POOL...AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ACROSS THE REGION WITH A MORE WESTERLY SFC WIND ACROSS CENTRAL NYS...AND N TO NE ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...WILL PROMOTE THE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ENOUGH SFC-BASED INSTABILITY SHOULD ALSO BE PRESENT FOR SOME EMBEDDED TSTMS...SOME OF WHICH COULD CONTAIN LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND EVEN SOME SMALL HAIL. IT APPEARS THAT THESE SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE TSTMS WOULD BE MORE PROBABLE ACROSS THE SW ADIRONDACKS...EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY/HELDERBERGS AND EASTERN CATSKILLS. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR POTENTIAL TRAINING OF ANY CELLS DUE TO SUCH SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS. STILL EXPECT MAX TEMPS TO REACH THE MID 70S IN VALLEYS...AND 65-70 ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... LOOKING A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGHER PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL REMAIN TO OUR WEST WITH THE HIGH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AND OFF THE COAST SATURDAY NIGHT. ALOFT THE REGION WILL BE IN NORTHWEST FLOW. SKIES WILL CLEAR TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BELOW NORMAL IN THE 40S WITH LOWER 50S IN THE HUDSON VALLEY UP INTO THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. SATURDAY WILL BE DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM WITH WESTERLY WINDS PICKING UP DURING THE DAY WITH SOME GUSTS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH CLOUDS ON THE INCREASE LATE AHEAD OF OUR NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. MODEL GUIDANCE IS NOT IN GOOD AGREEMENT AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY. THE FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME ZONAL FOR A PERIOD THEN MORE ENERGY ENTERS THE LONGWAVE TROUGH. MODELS TYPICALLY HAVE A HARD TIME MOVING PIECES OF ENERGY THROUGH FAST ZONAL FLOW SO THERE ARE SOME TIMING ISSUES AS A LOW APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST ALONG A BOUNDARY. HAVE CHANCE POPS FOR CONVECTION IN FOR SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ALL THE LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATED OUR REGION WILL REMAIN IN A BROAD TROUGH DURING THIS TIME FRAME. THIS WAS A CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS RUNS...WHERE SOME OF THE GUIDANCE INDICATED A WEAK RIDGE WOULD HAVE SET UP. LEANING WITH THE EUROPEAN MODEL (ECMWF)...WE ONLY INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE LOOKS TO BRIEFLY BUILD IN ON MONDAY. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME LINGERING MOISTURE AND PERHAPS SOME INSTABILITY AROUND ENOUGH TO TRIGGER AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. TEMPERATURES LOOK TO WARM TO AROUND 80 IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS...70S HIGHER TERRAIN. BY TUESDAY...IT APPEARS ANOTHER UNSEASONABLY POTENT SHORT WAVE MIGHT WORK TOWARD US FROM THE GREAT LAKES...SPAWNING A SURFACE LOW AS WELL. THE 00Z GFS HAS PARTIALLY BACKED DOWN FROM ITS EARLIER RUN OF DEVELOPING A DEEPER SURFACE LOW THAT WOULD HAVE TRACKED RIGHT THROUGH OUR REGION WITH MORE RAIN. FOR THE 00Z RUN...THIS MODEL WAS CLOSER TO THE CANADIAN AND ECMWF SOLUTION OF A WEAK NORTHERN STREAM SURFACE LOW WITH RAINFALL MAXIMUMS NOTED TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST OF OUR REGION...BUT THE AMOUNTS WERE NOT IMPRESSIVE. SINCE THERE WAS INSTABILITY STILL NOTED ON THE LATEST GFS OVER NEARLY 1000 J/KG...WE WILL DETERMINE WITH AFTERNOON THUNDER ON TUESDAY AS WELL. WITH MORE CLOUDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SHOWERS...HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY LOOK TO BE NOT AS WARM...HELD THE MAINLY THE 70S (SOME MID TO UPPER 60S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HIGH TERRAIN. ONE THE SHORT WAVE GOES BY...IT LOOKS TO SHARPEN THE NORTHEAST CONUS TROUGH EVEN MORE. SINCE WE ARE ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF IT...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM CANADIAN...KEEPING TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. LOOK FOR HIGHS ONLY 70-75 VALLEY LOCATIONS...60S HIGHER TERRAIN. BY THURSDAY IT APPEARS THAT THIS HIGH WILL MOVE QUICKLY OFF THE SHORE LINE...ATTEMPTING A SOUTHERLY FLOW AND A SLIGHT WARMUP. A WARM FRONT MIGHT DRAPE OVER OUR REGION BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK SIMILAR TO THOSE OF WEDNESDAY...MAYBE A POINT OR TWO WARMER. SO OVERALL...TEMPERATURES LOOK TO BE A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH PRECIPITATION A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. AMPLE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER ALONG WITH THE FINAL PASSAGE OF THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BRING ABOUT SOME SCATTERED CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE SCATTERED NATURE...WE WILL PLACE VCSH AT THIS TIME FOR THE TAF SITES. NEAR SUNSET...CONVECTION AND CLOUDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE LEAVING BEHIND A MOCLR SKY. OVERNIGHT...DUE TO SATURATED GROUND AND WHERE PRECIP OCCURS THIS AFTERNOON THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SOME FOG DEVELOPMENT. QUESTION IS JUST HOW MUCH OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER ARE WE ABLE TO DECOUPLE FOR MORE FOG FORMATION. FOR NOW...WE WILL PLACE VFR/MVFR VIS AND WATCH TRENDS. OUTLOOK... SAT...VFR. NO SIG WX. SUN-SUN NIGHT...MAINLY VFR. CHC SUB-VFR -SHRA. MON-TUE...VFR. SCHC SUB-VFR -TSRA/-SHRA. WED...VFR. && .FIRE WEATHER... THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LAST BOUT OF RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD EASTWARD OUT TO SEA TODAY. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR SOME SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT AND SATURDAY HOWEVER IT WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE SATURDAY NIGHT. CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR SUNDAY AS ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. && .HYDROLOGY... FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES FELL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. REFER TO PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS FOR TOTALS. HAVE 8 RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT ACROSS FORECAST AREA. SOME RIVERS AND CREEKS HAVE CRESTED...OTHERS ARE CRESTING AND SOME OUR STILL ON THE RISE. AFTER THE THREAT OF SOME SCATTERED TO ISOLATED CONVECTION TODAY LOOKING AT DRY WEATHER TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL ALLOW RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RECEDE. OUR NEXT CHANCES FOR WET WEATHER WILL COME ON WEDNESDAY WITH CHANCES FOR CONVECTION. 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. && .CLIMATE... A RECORD RAINFALL WAS SET AT ALBANY NY ON JUNE 13TH WITH 1.55 INCHES. THE OLD RECORD WAS 1.48 INCHES SET IN 1898. PRECIPITATION OVER THE PAST 3 WEEKS FROM MAY 21ST THROUGH JUNE 13TH. ALBANY NY: 10.57 INCHES GLENS FALLS NY: 7.21INCHES POUGHKEEPSIE NY: 7.64 INCHES BENNINGTON VT: 11.83 INCHES PITTSFIELD MA: 10.43 INCHES && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...IAA/KL NEAR TERM...IAA/KL/BGM SHORT TERM...IAA LONG TERM...HWJIV AVIATION...BGM FIRE WEATHER...IAA HYDROLOGY...IAA CLIMATE...IAA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 942 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-151200- 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- 942 AM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF THESE STORMS REMAINING BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 106 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 NYZ040-047>049-051-141745- MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY- 106 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEAST SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... WESTERN SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... EXTREME NORTHWEST ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... AT 103 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DUANESBURG...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF AMSTERDAM...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GLENVILLE...FORT JOHNSON AND DELANSON. LAT...LON 4266 7409 4274 7435 4299 7426 4293 7404 TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 021DEG 6KT 4283 7414
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 221 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 NYZ040-047-048-051-141900- MONTGOMERY NY-SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY- 221 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK... SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... AT 219 PM 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 6 MILES NORTH OF CENTRAL BRIDGE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF FONDA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CENTRAL BRIDGE BY 240 PM EDT... SCHOHARIE BY 250 PM EDT... MIDDLEBURGH AND 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF BREAKABEEN BY 300 PM EDT... IN ADDITION TO HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 4252 7423 4251 7447 4285 7436 4283 7425 TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 005DEG 15KT 4278 7431
The Albany radar (KENX), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:54 UTC.
6 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads were closed within the village of Schoharie due to flash flooding. A state of emergency was declared and travel was strongly discouraged due to debris blocking roadways within the village.
Several roads throughout Middleburgh were closed or washed out due to flash flooding. Nearly 450 children at a school were stranded due to the flooding, as several small streams overflowed their banks. Much of Route 145 (Main Street) was closed. Debris clogged small streams and many basements had water in them.
Roads were reported closed at the intersection of Routes 7 and Barnerville road 1 mile east of Cobleskill due to flash flooding.
Roads were reportedly closed in Sharon Springs due to flash flooding.
Several roads were reportedly closed near Flat Creek due to flash flooding.
Multiple roads were reportedly closed in Richmondville due to flash flooding. A landslide was reported near State Route 10 due to the flooding as well.
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: 454226, 454227, 454234, 454249, 454251, 454253.