A series of cold front moved towards the region on Thursday, September 12th. Despite some periods of cloudiness, a warm and humid air mass ahead of the approaching boundaries allowed for moderate amounts of instability to be in place.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A series of cold front moved towards the region on Thursday, September 12th. Despite some periods of cloudiness, a warm and humid air mass ahead of the approaching boundaries allowed for moderate amounts of instability to be in place. Along and ahead of the boundaries, several lines of showers and thunderstorms developed and moved across the region during the afternoon and early evening hours. In addition to a large amount of cloud to ground lightning, a few of the thunderstorms became severe, with damaging wind gusts. Several trees were downed across the region.
Some areas that received repeated showers and thunderstorms experienced flash flooding as well, with roads washed out and/or closed as a result. The hardest hit areas were within the town of Brattleboro. Two to four inches of rain in a short period of time was reported in the areas that experienced flash flooding.
As the last in the series of cold fronts crossed during the evening hours, the threat for showers and thunderstorms ended.
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 Sep 12, 12:13 PM EST, 47 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 113 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND FRONTAL PASSAGE. AN AUTUMN AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY...AND THE COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 100 PM EDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH 523 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. SEVERAL BREAKS OF SUNSHINE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON HAVE RESULTED IN A BUILD-UP OF INSTABILITY. THE LATEST SPC RAP MESOANALYSIS PAGE SHOWS AROUND 1500-2500 J/KG OF SBCAPE ACROSS THE AREA AS OF NOON. THE SPECIAL 16Z ALB SOUNDING STILL REVEALED A WEAK CAP AROUND 900 MB...BUT THIS IS EXPECTED TO MIX OUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND HAS LIKELY ALREADY DONE SO ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE SOME CONVECTION HAS STARTED TO DEVELOP. THE MOST CONCENTRATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS ACROSS CENTRAL NY TIED TO THE NEXT PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH AND COLD FRONT MOVING EASTWARD INTO OUR AREA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECTING A CONTINUED TREND OF INCREASING COVERAGE OF CONVECTION WITH LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL POPS. AN UPPER JET STEAK ASSOCIATED WITH THE LONGWAVE TROUGH ADVANCING S/SE FROM S-CNTRL ONTARIO AND THE UPPER MIDWEST WITH HELP ENHANCE THE RAINFALL...AND THE SVR THREAT TODAY ACROSS ERN NY AND WRN NEW ENGLAND. THE ANTICYCLONIC ENTRANCE REGION OF A 250 HPA 100-110+ KT JET STREAK WILL MOVE ACROSS NRN AND ERN NY IN THE AFTERNOON. SFC DEWPTS WILL STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID SEPT IN THE 60S TO EVEN SOME L70S. THE MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL NOT BE AS STEEP TODAY /GENERALLY LESS THAN 6.5 C/KM/...AS THE REMNANT ELEVATED MIXED LAYER HAS SHIFTED DOWNSTREAM. THE 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES INCREASE TO 25-40 KTS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE SOME MULTICELLULAR CLUSTERS MAY FORM INTO A COUPLE OF LINES. THE BEST CHC OF A SUPERCELL MAY BE ACROSS THE SRN EXTREME WHEN THE 0-6 KM SHEAR INCREASE TO 40 KTS AND THE SBCAPE VALUES MAY REACH 2000 J/KG. DAMAGING WINDS LOOK TO BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH BOWING SEGMENTS...BUT WITH TALLER UPDRAFTS SOME LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. THE BEST 850-700 HPA THETA-E LAPSE RATES IMPACT LOCATIONS FROM THE CAPITAL REGION SOUTH AND EAST TOWARDS NIGHTFALL. THE LATEST 3KM HRRR AND LOCAL HIRES WRF SHOWS A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTN INTO THIS EVENING. THIS MAKES SENSE CONSIDERING THE APPROACHING UPSTREAM TROUGH...MARGINAL AMOUNTS OF INSTABILITY...AND SUFFICIENT SHEAR IN PLACE. THE SECONDARY ISSUE TODAY WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL. PWATS ARE STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID-SEPT. THE LATEST GEFS SUGGEST PWATS ARE 1 TO ALMOST 3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL. THE ACTUAL PWATS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 1.33-1.80" RANGE WITH SOME POCKETS CLOSE TO 2.00" IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NW CT. THE BEST H850 THETA-E RIDGE SETS UP FROM THE CAPITAL REGION...SRN VT...AND THE ERN CATSKILLS SOUTH AND EAST /330-335 K RANGE/. SOME TRAINING MAY OCCUR WITH THE LINES OF CONVECTION. AN ISOLD FLASH FLOOD OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE COVERAGE IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE LARGE ENOUGH FOR A FLASH FLOOD WATCH. OUR HYDRO DISCUSSION GETS INTO MORE DETAILS ON THE RAINFALL BELOW. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... TONIGHT...SIGNIFICANT LOW AND MID LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE UPPER TROUGH...AS THE COLD FRONT MAKES STEADY PROGRESS ACROSS THE REGION. THE COLD FRONT WILL GIVE A MAJOR BOOT TO THE MUGGY AND STICKY WEATHER. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL A MID LEVEL SHORT-WAVE MAY MIGRATE ALONG THE BOUNDARY KEEPING THE STEADY RAINFALL GOING FROM THE CAPITAL REGION SOUTH AND EAST INTO EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE NAM/GFS/ECMWF EVEN HINT AT A WEAK SFC WAVE MOVING ALONG THE BOUNDARY. A WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL MAY OCCUR FROM THE AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE CONVECTION SHOULD SHRIVEL UP SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT...AS THE INSTABILITY WANES CONSIDERABLY. DECENT COLD ADVECTION WILL BE SWEEPING INTO THE NRN ZONES BEFORE DAYBREAK. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID AND U40S OVER THE SRN DACKS TO U50S AND L60S TO THE CAPITAL REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...AND NW CT. FRIDAY...QUITE A CONTRAST IN AIR MASSES...AND TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. STRONG LOW LEVEL COLD ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE...AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES OVER SRN QUEBEC AND THE NORTHEAST. THE CYCLONIC VORTICITY ADVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH WILL KICK OFF SOME ISOLD-SCT INSTABILITY SHOWERS. THE COVERAGE WILL BE GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND NRN ZONES. IT WILL BE BRISK AND CHILLY. MAX TEMPS WILL BE 20 TO 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN WEDNESDAY IN THE FALL LIKE AIR MASS. MAX TEMPS WILL BE IN THE 50S OVER THE SRN DACKS...SOME OF THE ERN CATSKILLS...AND SRN GREENS...AND 60S TO A FEW L70S OVER THE REST OF THE FCST AREA. FRIDAY NIGHT...THE INSTABILITY SHOWERS WILL CEASE TOWARDS MIDNIGHT. THE CHILLY AIR MASS WILL BE OVER THE REGION...WITH A DECENT SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT EXPECTED TO KEEP THE WINDS UP. H850 TEMPS LOWER TO +1 TO +4C. NOT EXPECTING FROST ON THIS NIGHT. LOWS WILL BE QUITE COOL IN THE U30S TO M40S. SATURDAY-SATURDAY NIGHT...THE UPPER LEVEL LOW CLOSES OFF AND MOVES DOWN STREAM OVER SE QUEBEC AND NRN NEW ENGLAND. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION. THE WINDS WILL BE LESS ON SATURDAY...BUT BELOW NORMAL TEMPS ARE EXPECTED WITH MAINLY MID AND U60S IN THE VALLEYS...AND 50S TO L60S OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THE SFC HIGH WILL MOVE OVER NY AND PA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH CLEAR/MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT TO CALM WINDS. NEAR IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPS FALLING INTO THE 30S TO L40S. SOME AREAS OF FROST MAY MATERIALIZE OVER THE SRN DACKS REGION. A BRIEF MENTION WILL BE PLACED IN THE HWO. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... DURING THE LONG TERM PERIOD EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS WITH THE EXCEPTION BEING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS ON SUNDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL BE DROPPING SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN CANADA AND PASS THROUGH OUR FA BY MONDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE SEASONABLE ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AND THEN BELOW NORMAL IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ON SUNDAY EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH LOWS SUNDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. FOR MONDAY EXPECT HIGHS TO RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 50S NORTHWEST TO THE UPPER 60S SOUTHEAST WITH LOWS MONDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. ON TUESDAY EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S WITH LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S AND HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MORE SHRA/TSRA ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THIS EVENING AHEAD OF AND ALONG A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. CIGS AND VSBYS ARE LIKELY TO DIMINISH TO MVFR/IFR WITH HEAVIER PCPN. MVFR FLYING CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT AS WELL AS STEADY SHOWERS MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. IFR FOG WILL ALSO LIKELY DEVELOP AT KGFL AND KPSF LATE TONIGHT BEFORE DRIER AIR MOVES IN WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. VFR CONDITIONS WILL RETURN BY 13Z FRIDAY...WITH SOME LINGERING MVFR CEILINGS ESPECIALLY AT KGFL AND KPSF. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN WEST TO NORTHWEST AROUND 5 KTS THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL BE NORTHWESTERLY FRIDAY AROUND 10 KNOTS. OUTLOOK... FRIDAY TO SUNDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. SUNDAY NIGHT: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA. MONDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT THIS TIME WITH MORE WET WEATHER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY INTO TONIGHT. SOME VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS AND FRONTAL PASSAGE. AN AUTUMNAL AIR MASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION ON FRIDAY...AND THE COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. THE RH VALUES WILL LOWER ONLY TO 55 TO 75 PERCENT IN THE MUGGY AIR MASS THIS AFTERNOON...AND RECOVER TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT. EXPECT MINIMUM RH VALUES TO 50 TO 70 PERCENT FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH TODAY...AND THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH TONIGHT. EXPECT BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ON FRIDAY...WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH. && .HYDROLOGY... MORE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT AND ANOTHER PREFRONTAL TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH OUR REGION LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. DRIER AND MUCH COOLER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO END THE WEEK. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN...AND LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS EVEN A THREAT OF ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WHERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REPEATEDLY MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREAS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE FFG VALUES REMAIN HIGH TODAY. THE 1-HR ZONAL FFG VALUES ARE IN THE 1.7-2.4 INCH RANGE...AND THE 3-HR ZONAL FFG VALUES RANGE FROM 2.1-3.1 INCHES. INTO TONIGHT...THE HYDRO SERVICE AREA MAY RECEIVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH LOCALLY UP TO 3 INCHES. OVERALL...MAINLY MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE...URBAN...AND LOW LYING AREAS IS EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING. SOME SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES WILL OCCUR ON MAIN STEM RIVERS...BUT NO FLOODING IS EXPECTED BASED ON THE LATEST GUIDANCE FROM THE NERFC. FLOWS REMAIN AT NORMAL TO BELOW NORMAL LEVELS HEADING INTO MID SEPTEMBER. THE UPPER LOW MAY FOCUS SOME ISOLD-SCT SHOWERS FRIDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...BUT RAINFALL WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE. THE WEEKEND IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. 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...FRUGIS/WASULA NEAR TERM...FRUGIS/JPV/WASULA SHORT TERM...WASULA LONG TERM...11 AVIATION...IRL FIRE WEATHER...WASULA HYDROLOGY...JPV/WASULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 105 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-131100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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- 105 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 523 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. ALSO...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHER LOW LYING LOCATIONS IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. NYZ032-033-131100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- 105 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 523 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .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. ALSO...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN...POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHER LOW LYING LOCATIONS IS POSSIBLE INTO THIS EVENING. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF FROST WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED FOR ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1006 AM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0714 PM TSTM WND DMG ARLINGTON 43.07N 73.15W
09/11/2013 BENNINGTON VT TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TREE UPROOTED. ANOTHER TREE SNAPPED. TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ALY1300431
IAASPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
103 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
MAZ001-VTZ013>015-121800-
BENNINGTON VT-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-WESTERN WINDHAM VT-
EASTERN WINDHAM VT-
103 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTHEASTERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
EXTREME NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
AT 1259 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR READSBORO...
OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH ADAMS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO FLORIDA...
WILMINGTON...WESTMINSTER...VERNON...TOWNSHEND...STAMFORD...SAXTONS
RIVER...PUTNEY...NEWFANE...GUILFORD CENTER AND BRATTLEBORO.
IN ADDITION TO LARGE 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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4297 7247 4296 7252 4290 7252 4288 7255
4281 7254 4278 7251 4272 7262 4273 7301
4271 7301 4270 7294 4267 7298 4265 7294
4256 7298 4280 7317 4320 7249 4300 7244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1703Z 241DEG 25KT 4278 7285
FRUGISSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
111 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
NYZ041-048>050-121745-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-
111 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
SOUTHERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 109 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 NEAR
DUANESBURG...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF ROTTERDAM...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROTTERDAM JUNCTION BY 120 PM EDT
SCOTIA...SCHENECTADY AND ROTTERDAM BY 125 PM EDT
NISKAYUNA BY 130 PM EDT
EAST GLENVILLE AND ALPLAUS BY 135 PM EDT
CLIFTON PARK AND BURNT HILLS BY 140 PM EDT
ROUND LAKE BY 145 PM EDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4305 7385 4284 7369 4274 7409 4274 7413
4281 7418
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 241DEG 22KT 4279 7407
FRUGISSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
139 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
CTZ001-013-121815-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-
139 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN
LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHERN CONNECTICUT...
AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED NEAR LITCHFIELD...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
THOMASTON BY 145 PM EDT
TORRINGTON AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRYVILLE BY 150 PM EDT
NEW HARTFORD BY 210 PM EDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4173 7352 4186 7350 4204 7331 4203 7300
4197 7302 4198 7289 4191 7290 4189 7294
4186 7295 4184 7293 4182 7294 4179 7301
4168 7299 4160 7319
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 241DEG 24KT 4173 7317
IRL/NASSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 154 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 NYZ041-049-050-052>054-084-121830- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ALBANY NY- EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY- NORTHERN SARATOGA NY- 154 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK... AT 153 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 OVER MECHANICVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOOSICK FALLS AND 6 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE BY 225 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. LAT...LON 4313 7328 4281 7329 4268 7387 4290 7391 TIME...MOT...LOC 1754Z 249DEG 30KT 4284 7369 BJF/IAA
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
157 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
VTZ014-015-121830-
WESTERN WINDHAM VT-EASTERN WINDHAM VT-
157 PM EDT THU SEP 12 2013
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
AT 153 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BRATTLEBORO...OR ABOUT OVER BRATTLEBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST DUMMERSTON BY 205 PM EDT
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAST PUTNEY STATION BY 215 PM EDT
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS
AND EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4272 7247 4273 7268 4286 7279 4300 7246
4298 7246 4297 7247 4296 7252 4290 7252
4288 7255 4281 7254 4276 7247 4274 7246
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 241DEG 23KT 4283 7254
IRL/NASThe Albany radar (KENX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported uprooted in Guilford Center as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down and across power lines on Putney Road in Brattleboro as a result of thunderstorm winds.
A road was washed out at the intersection of Canal and Elm Streets in Brattleboro. The Elm Street Bridge over the Whetstone Brook was damaged as a result of the flooding. Flooding also closed a portion of Flat and Frost Streets as well.
Several portions of Williams Street in Brattleboro were washed out as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
Roads were washed out at Morningside Cemetery in Brattleboro as a result of flash flooding from heavy rainfall.
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, September 2013
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