A slow moving cold front and associated pre frontal trough approached upstate New York during the afternoon hours on June 17th, 2013. With temperatures into the 80s and high levels of moisture in place, there was plenty of instability available for thunderstorms to develop.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A slow moving cold front and associated pre frontal trough approached upstate New York during the afternoon hours on June 17th, 2013. With temperatures into the 80s and high levels of moisture in place, there was plenty of instability available for thunderstorms to develop. A line of thunderstorms developed across the Capital Region and strong winds aloft aided in allowing these storms to become severe with damaging winds and large hail. By later in the afternoon, the thunderstorms tracked east and away from the region, 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 17, 11:55 AM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1255 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY APPROACH THE REGION TODAY...AND THEN ONLY SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS WILL KEEP OUR WEATHER PATTERN UNSETTLED WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BOTH DAYS. OUR WEATHER WILL IMPROVE FOR THE MID AND LATE WEEK PERIOD AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN WITH DRY AND SEASONABLE CONDITIONS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AS OF 1250 PM EDT...MUCH OF THE REGION IS NOW WITHIN SPC/S SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY IS BEING REALIZED...WITH SBCAPES OF 1000-2000 J/KG ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. IN ADDITION...A POTENT SHORTWAVE WAS TRANSLATING EAST NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES...PROVIDING SOME SYNOPTIC LIFT. FURTHERMORE...A PREFRONTAL TROUGH...POSSIBLY A LAKE BREEZE BOUNDARY...CONTINUES TO ADVANCE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NYS. THIS BOUNDARY...OR JUST AHEAD OF IT...SHOULD REMAIN THE MAIN SFC BASED FOCUS FOR CONVECTION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT...GIVEN STRONG 0-6 KM SHEAR...WITH 500 MB WINDS AROUND 50 KT...UPSTREAM CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP/FORM BOWING SEGMENTS AND MAY RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE MOHAWK RIVER VALLEY...CAPITAL REGION...SOUTHERN VT AND BERKSHIRES. IN ADDITION...BEFORE CONGEALING...SOME MORE DISCRETE CELLS MAY ATTAIN MID LEVEL ROTATION AND ALLOW FOR LARGE HAIL FORMATION. WILL INCREASE POPS INTO LIKELY RANGE FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN AREAS FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL INCLUDE MENTION OF GUSTY WINDS/HAIL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD SINK FURTHER S AND E LATER THIS AFTERNOON...AND DECREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AROUND SUNSET. AREAS OF FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE COLD FRONT WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. EXPECT SCT SHWRS/TSTMS TO CONTINUE MOST OF THE DAY...ESPECIALLY FROM ALBANY SOUTH. TO THE NORTH THE SHOWERS WILL LIKELY END DURING THE AFTERNOON. OVER THE SOUTH THE SHOWERS MAY EVEN LINGER INTO TUESDAY EVENING...BUT AFTER THAT EXPECT A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TO BUILD IN WITH FAIR AND DRY WEATHER FOR LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. HIGHS TUESDAY WILL BE 65 TO 75 NORTH DUE TO THE EARLIER FRONTAL PASSAGE...AND THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S SOUTH. LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. HIGHS WEDNESDAY IN THE UPPER 60S AND 70S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS MUCH OF THE PERIOD LOOKS TO FEATURE MAINLY DRY WEATHER AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. DESPITE A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO OUR REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS TYPE OF PATTERN SHOULD RESULT IN A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AND COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW NORMAL AT NIGHT BUT NEAR NORMAL DURING THE DAY...WITH LARGE DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES RESULTING FROM ANOMALOUSLY LOW PWATS OVER THE REGION. THE PATTERN STARTS TO CHANGE DURING THE WEEKEND...AND LOOKS TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE WITH POSSIBLE DISTURBANCES TRACKING THROUGH THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY. THERE ARE DISPARITIES AMONG VARIOUS SOURCES OF MODEL GUIDANCE EVEN REGARDING THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW PATTERN...SO FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS LOW DURING THIS TIME. IT DOES APPEAR THAT HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE INCREASING WITH TEMPERATURES POSSIBLY WARMING TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL READINGS. WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE POPS FROM SLIGHT CHANCE ON SATURDAY...TO CHANCE BY SUNDAY ASSOCIATED WITH POSSIBLE CONVECTIVE SHOWERS/T-STORMS. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE AT KGFL BY 12Z. OTHERWISE...MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH BUILDING INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TSRA ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WILL MENTION VCSH STARTING AROUND 17Z-18Z...THEN PROB30 FOR TSRA STARTING FROM 21Z. BRIEF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN ANY TSRA...BUT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL. CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING. UNCERTAIN FORECAST FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH REGARDS TO FOG POTENTIAL BASED ON DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER AND IF TERMINALS RECEIVE ANY MEASURABLE RAINFALL. WILL MENTION MAINLY MVFR CONDITIONS FOR NOW WITH IFR POSSIBLE. WINDS TODAY WILL BE WEST-SOUTHWEST AROUND 7-10 KT. WINDS COULD BE BRIEFLY GUSTY IN AND NEAR ANY TSRA. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER DARK TONIGHT. OUTLOOK... TUE...MAINLY VFR. CHC TSRA. TUE NIGHT-FRI...VFR. NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER RELATED PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS DUE TO THE PERSISTENT WET PATTERN SINCE LATE MAY. THE CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY UNTIL A COLD FRONT THAT IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY SLIDE SOUTH OF THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT. DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING INTO THE REGION. && .HYDROLOGY... FLOWS REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID JUNE ACROSS THE HYDRO SERVICE AREA. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HOUSATONIC BASIN IN NW CT FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL A FEW DAYS AGO. BASIN AVERAGE RAINFALL TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL RANGE FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO A HALF AN INCH...BUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THE MID WEEK PERIOD...ALLOWING RIVERS TO CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY LOWER FROM THE VERY WET WEATHER THE PAST FEW WEEKS. 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...GJM NEAR TERM...KL/GJM/NAS SHORT TERM...GJM LONG TERM...JPV AVIATION...JPV FIRE WEATHER...GJM HYDROLOGY...GJM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 121 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-181100- 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- 121 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 321 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK 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. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL ONE INCH DIAMETER OR GREATER. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST AT 35 TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING... ESPECIALLY FROM ALBANY SOUTH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN HAS BEEN ACTIVATED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN CONNECTICUT...LITCHFIELD. IN MASSACHUSETTS...BERKSHIRE. IN NEW YORK...ALBANY...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS...FULTON...GREENE...HAMILTON... HERKIMER...MONTGOMERY...RENSSELAER...SARATOGA...SCHENECTADY...SCHOHARIE... ULSTER...WARREN...AND WASHINGTON. IN VERMONT...BENNINGTON AND WINDHAM.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1227 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
NYZ032-033-038-041>043-083-084-171730-
HAMILTON NY-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-
NORTHERN WARREN NY-SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
1227 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 1220 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH
HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED OVER NORTHERN HERKIMER...HAMILTON AND WARREN COUNTIES...
MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE PLEASANT AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND BY 1245
PM EDT
WELLS BY 1255 PM EDT
SACANDAGA CAMPGROUND BY 100 PM EDT
LAKE LUZERNE CAMPGROUND BY 130 PM EDT
LAT...LON 4406 7507 4407 7489 4400 7425 4392 7432
4382 7421 4383 7414 4380 7405 4375 7405
4381 7338 4377 7334 4359 7342 4358 7339
4363 7337 4363 7332 4353 7323 4333 7325
4332 7510 4409 7518
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 280DEG 33KT 4343 7467SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
121 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
NYZ032-033-038>043-082>084-171830-
HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-
SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
121 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 116 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS
AROUND 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES EAST OF WHITEHALL
TO 15 MILES WEST OF NORTHWOOD...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FAIR
HAVEN TO 13 MILES WEST OF HINCKLEY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SACANDAGA
CAMPGROUND...NORTHAMPTON BEACH PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...MOFFITT BEACH
CAMPGROUND...LAKE PLEASANT...LAKE LUZERNE CAMPGROUND...HARTFORD...
COMSTOCK...CEDARVILLE...CAROGA LAKE PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...WEST GLENS
FALLS...WELLS...WARRENSBURG...STRATFORD...POLAND...OHIO...
NORTHVILLE...NEWPORT...MOHAWK...MIDDLEVILLE...MAYFIELD...LITTLE
FALLS...LAKE LUZERNE-HADLEY...LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE...ILION...HUDSON
FALLS...HERKIMER...GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...FRANKFORT...FORT
EDWARD...EDINBURG...DOLGEVILLE...DAY CENTER...CRANBERRY CREEK...
CORINTH...COLD BROOK...CAROGA LAKE AND BOLTON LANDING.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4322 7508 4326 7516 4330 7515 4334 7509
4343 7509 4359 7342 4358 7340 4360 7329
4355 7324 4353 7323 4332 7325 4289 7516
4297 7522 4306 7522
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 282DEG 27KT 4358 7317 4337 7533The Albany radar (KENX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:25 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and wires were reported down in Granville due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down on Route 4 in Fort Edward due to thunderstorm winds.
Quarter size hail from a thunderstorm was reported one mile south of Argyle.
Several large tree limbs were reported down by a meteorologist one mile east of Esperance due to thunderstorm winds.
Minor structure and roof damage was reported to a building one mile northeast of Guilderland due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported uprooted and large limbs down along State Route 155 in Guilderland due to thunderstorm winds.
Multiple trees were reported down on Western Avenue in Guilderland due to thunderstorm winds. The trees blocked the entrance to the Crossgates Mall.
Trees and wires were reported down throughout the city of Albany due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down via Facebook due to thunderstorm winds in Rensselaer.
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: 454552, 454553, 454554, 454555, 454556, 454557, 454560, 454558, 454559.