A slow moving cold front and associated pre frontal trough approached southern Vermont during the afternoon hours on June 17th, 2013. With temperatures into the 70s and 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 southern Vermont during the afternoon hours on June 17th, 2013. With temperatures into the 70s and 80s and high levels of moisture in place, there was plenty of instability available for thunderstorms to develop. Clusters of thunderstorms moved across Bennington and Windham counties 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, 12:35 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 135 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/... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 321 NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NY AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND... 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 TOWARD OR 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/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH BUILDING INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED TSRA ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WILL MENTION VCTS STARTING BETWEEN 18Z-21Z...BUT SCATTERED NATURE PRECLUDES ANY TEMPO FOR MVFR OR IFR CONDITIONS UNTIL THE STORMS DEVELOP AND CAN BE TRACKED CLOSELY. 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. CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN TO VFR AFTER 13Z TOMORROW MORNING. 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 AND SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. OUTLOOK... TUE...MAINLY VFR. CHC TSRA. TUE NIGHT-FRI...VFR. NO SIG WX. SAT...VFR...SLGT CHC TSRA. && .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...NAS/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.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
224 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG FORT EDWARD 43.27N 73.58W
06/17/2013 WASHINGTON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON RT. 4 IN FORT EDWARD
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300206
SNDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
225 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 PM TSTM WND DMG GRANVILLE 43.41N 73.26W
06/17/2013 WASHINGTON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300207
SNDSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
NYZ041-050-053-054-083-084-171930-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
230 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50
MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR SARATOGA SPRINGS...OR ABOUT OVER SARATOGA SPRINGS...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
SARATOGA SPRINGS BY 235 PM EDT
GREENWICH BY 300 PM EDT
CAMBRIDGE BY 315 PM EDT
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 4329 7340 4305 7345 4300 7328 4290 7328
4304 7395 4327 7392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1830Z 273DEG 27KT 4312 7381
NAS/BGMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
235 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0209 PM HAIL 1 S ARGYLE 43.22N 73.49W
06/17/2013 M1.00 INCH WASHINGTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300208
SNDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
250 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0228 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E ESPERANCE 42.76N 74.25W
06/17/2013 SCHENECTADY NY METEOROLOGIST
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300209
SNDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
251 PM EDT MON JUN 17 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0125 PM TSTM WND DMG GRANVILLE 43.41N 73.26W
06/17/2013 WASHINGTON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
0205 PM TSTM WND DMG FORT EDWARD 43.27N 73.58W
06/17/2013 WASHINGTON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON RT. 4 IN FORT EDWARD
0209 PM HAIL 1 S ARGYLE 43.22N 73.49W
06/17/2013 M1.00 INCH WASHINGTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0228 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 E ESPERANCE 42.76N 74.25W
06/17/2013 SCHENECTADY NY METEOROLOGIST
LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300207 ALY1300206 ALY1300208 ALY1300209
SNDThe Albany radar (KENX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:51 UTC.
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm near Stratton Mountain in Bondville.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in Newfane.
Trees were reported down due to thunderstorm winds in Newfane.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Vermont in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Vermont, 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: 454561, 454563, 454564.