A warm and humid air mass was in place across the region on Sunday, June 2nd with temperatures well into the 80s. A cold front and associated pre-frontal surface trough was moving towards the area during the afternoon hours.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A warm and humid air mass was in place across the region on Sunday, June 2nd with temperatures well into the 80s. A cold front and associated pre-frontal surface trough was moving towards the area during the afternoon hours. With plenty of moisture and instability in place, showers and thunderstorms developed across the region. These thunderstorms were aided by very strong winds aloft and a few storms became severe across southern Vermont, producing large hail and wind damage. The thunderstorms also produced very heavy rainfall, which caused flash flooding within the town of Bennington. The thunderstorms weakened by evening as the cold front moved across the area, ending the threat for severe weather and flooding.
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 2, 12:41 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 141 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST TODAY WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE. DRY WEATHER WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #271 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR ALL OF FA EXCEPT FOR HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STARTING TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS WESTERN HALF OF FA. MORE MID AND HIGH CLOUDS IN ADVANCE OF THE CONVECTION SPREADS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY...BUT A PERIOD OF PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKY WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURES REACH WELL INTO THE 80S FROM THE EASTERN CATSKILLS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY...THROUGH THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND POINTS EAST INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE EARLIER ONSET OF CLOUD COVER AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD KEEP WESTERN AREAS A LITTLE COOLER...WITH HIGHS AROUND 80 TO THE LOWER 80S. INSTABILITY AND SHEAR ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WILL LIKELY SUPPORT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND IS WORDED IN THE TEXT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON HOW QUICKLY THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES. THE STORMS SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PRE FRONTAL TROUGH. THE BEST LOW LEVEL FORCING AND UPPER DYNAMICS WILL BE DISPLACED FROM THE BEST LOW LEVEL SOUTHWESTERLY JET FORCING AND SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL NOT BE VERY IMPRESSIVE BUT SURFACE BASED INSTABILITY SHOULD STILL SUPPORT STRONG ENOUGH UPDRAFTS FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK...WITH 45 KT BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS GETTING ENHANCED BY THUNDERSTORM DOWNDRAFTS. HAIL WILL BE A THREAT AS WELL...BUT CHANCES FOR ANY EXTREME SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS HAIL GREATER THAN GOLF BALL SIZED OR WINDS GREATER THAN 75 MPH OR TORNADOES LOOKS VERY ISOLATED IF AT ALL. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... THE SURFACE WIND SHIFT SHOULD EXIT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY SUNRISE MONDAY. LOWS MONDAY MORNING SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S...A LITTLE COOLER IN THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. THE BEST BOUNDARY LAYER FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADVANCING THERMAL GRADIENT AND EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT LOOK TO TRACK THROUGH THE REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY...WELL BEHIND THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. THIS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO A BIT SLOWER CLEARING...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN NY AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THERE COULD BE SOME LINGERING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS MONDAY MORNING...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY THROUGH NW CT AND THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES. GRADUAL CLEARING SHOULD SPREAD EAST THROUGH THE DAY AND A GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND SHOULD SPREAD EAST AS WELL...BUT AGAIN WILL HAVE TO SEE IF THE BOUNDARY LAYER THERMAL GRADIENT WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH FORCING TO REDEVELOP CLOUD COVER AND SCATTERED SHOWERS. THE MIXING FROM THE BREEZY WINDS AND INCREASING SUNSHINE SHOULD HELP TEMPERATURES TO REACH SOLIDLY INTO THE 70S...BUT UPPER 60S IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SLOW TO BUILD INTO OUR REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WITH A RELATIVELY STRONG SURFACE AND UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA...AN ENHANCED PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE SLOW TO LOOSEN...SUGGESTING WINDS MAY NOT GO CALM AT NIGHT AND BREEZY CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. SO...LOWS IN THE 40S MONDAY NIGHT...AND HIGHS TUESDAY IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S... SOME MID 70S MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NW CT. ON TUESDAY NIGHT...LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S...SOME 30S IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... THE PERIOD WILL START OUT DRY AND RATHER PLEASANT FOR WEDNESDAY...WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS DUE TO SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD. THE HIGH WILL DRIFT EASTWARD TO THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES FROM THE OHIO VALLEY AND CENTRAL/SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS. WILL INTRODUCE CHANCE POPS A BIT EARLIER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST DUE TO GFS/ECMWF SPEEDING UP THE TIMING OF ARRIVAL OF SHOWERS. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY THE FORECAST BECOMES MORE MUDDLED...AS THE PATTERN BECOMES COMPLEX AND CHAOTIC. THE GFS IS INDICATING A DECENT SURGE OF MOISTURE INTO THE AREA WITH A QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY SETTING UP. THIS COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. HOWEVER...THIS SCENARIO IS HIGHLY UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE OVERALL LARGE SPREAD AMONG VARIOUS SOURCES OF MODEL GUIDANCE FOR THIS TIME FRAME INCLUDING THE ECMWF...WHICH IS LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH HEAVY PRECIP. EITHER WAY...WILL AT LEAST MENTION CHANCE POPS THROUGH THIS TIME FRAME. INSTABILITY PARAMETERS ARE LACKING...SO WILL LABEL AS SHOWERS FOR NOW. THE ECMWF ACTUALLY DEPICTS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STARTING TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY...SO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND MAY NOT END UP WET. TEMPERATURES WILL BE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE EVENTUAL DEGREE OF CLOUD COVER/SHOWERS THAT WILL BE PRESENT. DUE TO EXPECTED MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD WILL FORECAST SMALLER THAN NORMAL DIURNAL RANGES. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... PERIODIC SHRA AND TSRA WILL AFFECT THE AIRPORTS UNTIL 22Z... PRODUCING OCCASIONAL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS...OTRW VFR MAINLY SCT-BKN. SOUTHERLY SFC WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES... DIMINISHING AFTER 00Z. A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH FROM THE WEST OVERNIGHT...AND AFTER A PERIOD OF IFR/MVFR TOWARD DAYBREAK... CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE ON MONDAY. THERE ARE NO VERTICAL SHEAR CONCERNS. OUTLOOK... MON PM...VFR. CHC LINGERING -SHRA MAINLY NEAR KPOU. MON NGT-WED NGT...MAINLY VFR. NO SIG WX. THU...MAINLY VFR. CHC -SHRA. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER RELATED CONCERNS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT WITH LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED INTO MONDAY. RH HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ON THE HIGH SIDE...NEAR 80 TO 100 PERCENT DURING THE NIGHTS. MINIMUM RELATIVELY HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE 50 TO 70 PERCENT TODAY AND 30 TO 50 PERCENT ON MONDAY. DRIER COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN BY TUESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... WET WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE PERIOD INTO MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT AND LINGERING SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE INTO MONDAY. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS A SLOW MOVING BUT STRONG COLD FRONT BEGINS TO HEAD OUR WAY FROM THE OHIO VALLEY. ALL THESE FACTORS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING AND ALLOW FOR RISES ON RIVERS AND STREAMS. MOST AREAS CAN EXPECT A HALF INCH TO INCH RAINFALL THROUGH MONDAY WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 2 INCHES IN SLOWER MOVING LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST. DRY WEATHER SHOULD RETURN LATER ON MONDAY THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK. 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...NAS NEAR TERM...11/NAS SHORT TERM...NAS LONG TERM...JPV AVIATION...ELH FIRE WEATHER...NAS HYDROLOGY...NAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1144 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-031100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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- 1144 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 271 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCLUDING THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...LITCHFIELD...BERKSHIRE...ALBANY...COLUMBIA DUTCHESS...FULTON...GREENE...MONTGOMERY...RENSSELAER...SARATOGA SCHENECTADY...SCHOHARIE...ULSTER...WARREN...WASHINGTON...BENNINGTON ...WINDHAM. NYZ032-033-038-031100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- 1144 AM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MAINLY NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
139 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0122 PM HAIL QUEENSBURY 43.36N 73.67W
06/02/2013 M1.50 INCH WARREN NY TRAINED SPOTTER
PING PONG SIZE HAIL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300177
HWJIVPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
145 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0135 PM HAIL GLENS FALLS 43.31N 73.65W
06/02/2013 M1.00 INCH WARREN NY TWITTER
QUARTER INCH HAIL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300178
HWJIVPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
219 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0147 PM HAIL GLENS FALLS 43.31N 73.65W
06/02/2013 M1.00 INCH WARREN NY PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300179
11PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
223 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0210 PM HAIL GLENS FALLS 43.31N 73.65W
06/02/2013 M1.00 INCH WARREN NY PUBLIC
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300180
11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
227 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
VTZ013-021915-
BENNINGTON VT-
227 PM EDT SUN JUN 2 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50
MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARLINGTON...OR
ABOUT OVER ARLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
MANCHESTER BY 245 PM EDT
MANCHESTER CENTER AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DORSET BY 250 PM EDT
RAINFALL RATES MAY EXCEED A HALF AN INCH IN AN HOUR FROM THIS LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4326 7285 4312 7287 4311 7288 4312 7299
4303 7301 4303 7302 4299 7327 4331 7326
4332 7314 4330 7282 4326 7282
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 237DEG 23KT 4308 7323
TAW/IRLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
234 PM EDT SUN JUN 02 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0230 PM TSTM WND DMG CAMBRIDGE 43.03N 73.38W
06/02/2013 WASHINGTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE LARGE TREES DOWN
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300181
11The Albany radar (KENX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:47 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Quarter size hail was reported during a thunderstorm in the town of Bennington.
A large tree fell on two parked trucks as a result of thunderstorm winds in Bennington.
Multiple trees were reported down throughout the town of Bennington as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Amateur radio operators reported eight to ten inches of water was flowing across streets in downtown Bennington as a result of heavy rain from thunderstorms.
Several large tree limbs were reported down as a result of thunderstorm winds in East Jamaica.
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: 454203, 454204, 454205, 454202, 454206.