A slow moving cold front approached the region on Tuesday, July 15th. With a very moist and tropical air mass in place, repeated bands of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the boundary.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A slow moving cold front approached the region on Tuesday, July 15th. With a very moist and tropical air mass in place, repeated bands of showers and thunderstorms developed ahead of the boundary. These showers and thunderstorms produced very heavy downpours in a short period of time, with up to two inches of rain falling over eastern Ulster County. As a result of the heavy rainfall, flash flooding occurred in the Woodstock area, causing several roads to be closed. The roads eventually reopened once showers ended and the water receded.
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 Jul 15, 3:32 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 432 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW...DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND ONLY AN ISOLATED THREAT OF A SHOWER OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...AND THE SRN AND CENTRAL TACONICS UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY... AS OF 432 PM EDT...AN INITIAL BATCH OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HAS MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE FCST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. TWO AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE REGION IN THE S/SW FLOW ALOFT. THE CONVECTION OVER THE DELMARVA REGION...NJ...AND THE NYC CORRIDOR IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SFC TROUGH...AND AN ELONGATED OR STRETCHED VORTICITY AXIS ON THE ERN SIDE OF THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WITH THE CUTOFF LOW /APPEARS TO BE A POSITIVELY TO NEUTRAL TILTED CUTOFF WITH SOME CSTAR RESEARCH INDICATING SOME FLASH FLOODING AND SEVERE POSSIBLE/. FURTHER UPSTREAM OTHER SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE AHEAD OF THE SFC COLD FRONT DRAPPED OVER NRN AND WRN NY. SFC DEWPTS BEHIND THIS FRONT ARE IN THE 50S. SPC CONTINUES THE SLIGHT RISK FOR THE ENTIRE AREA AND HAS EXPANDED THE 30% WIND PROBABILITIES TO THE CAPITAL REGION. DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT IN THE TROPICAL AIR MASS WITH PWATS ACCORDING TO THE LATEST SPC RAP ANALYSIS IN THE 1.5 TO 2 INCH RANGE. MLCAPE VALUES HAVE RISEN TO 500-1000 J/KG SOUTH OF ALB...WITH SBCAPE VALUES OF 1000-2000 J/KG WITH THE GREATEST VALUES IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NW CT. THE EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR IS IN THE 40-50 KT RANGE...AND MULTI- CELLS AND A FEW DISCRETE SUPERCELLS WILL BE POSSIBLE INITIALLY ORGANIZING INTO QUASI LINEAR SEGMENTS OR SMALL LINES. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL IN OUR ASSESSMENT FOR THE SEVERE THREAT IS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THE DEGREE OF INSTABILITY DUE TO THE LACK OF HEATING AT THE SFC WILL BE A LIMITING FACTOR...AS WELL AS THE WEAK MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES. THE 0-1 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES DO INCREASE TO 15-25 KTS OVER THE SE EXTREME OF THE FCST AREA WITH RELATIVELY LOW LCL HEIGHTS...SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLD TORNADO IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY/SRN TACONICS/BERKSHIRES/NW CT CORRIDOR...IF SEVERE WEATHER MATERIALIZES. SO FAR THE BEST STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION HAS STAYED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY CONVECTION. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR THE TRAINING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION...WHERE THE LOW TO MID LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO BE S/SW IN THE H850-300 LAYER. SOME OF THE SOUNDINGS HAVE A TALL AND SKINNY APPEARANCE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. SOME FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS REGION. WE ARE IN FAIRLY CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH THE WPC DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL GRAPHIC FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF EXCEEDING THE FFG. THEY ACTUALLY TAKE THE AXIS A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH INTO THE UPPER HUDSON VALLEY. THIS AREA HAS NOT HAD MUCH RAINFALL...SO AN INCH OR EVEN TWO INCHES SHOULD NOT PROMOTE WIDESPREAD PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT THE SHOWERS AND SCT THUNDERSTORM MAY INCREASE AS THE A PLUME OF UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE IN THE VICINITY OF THE RIGHT ENTRANCE OF A POTENT UPPER LEVEL JET STREAK AT H250 MOVES CLOSE TO THE REGION. THE COLD FRONT CREEPS CLOSER WITH STRONG LOW- LEVEL CONVERGENCE HELPING AID THE QG LIFT FOR PERIODS OF RAIN WITH EFFICIENT WARM RAIN PROCESSES OVER NIGHT. THE H850 THETA-E RIDGE AXIS SLOWLY SHIFTS DOWNSTREAM. THE NAM/GFS BOTH INDICATE A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL WITH A WEAK WAVE PERHAPS MOVING ALONG THE FRONT. THE HIGHEST POPS WERE MAINTAINED OVER LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TRI CITIES BWTN 06-12Z. THE COOLER AIR SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE W/NW PORTIONS OF THE REGION. MODERATE TO POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR WITH THIS SFC WAVE...AS IT MOVES JUST WEST OR ALONG THE CT RIVER VALLEY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL VARY QUITE A BIT WITH GENERALLY MID 50S TO L60S NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT WITH MID AND U60S SOUTH AND EAST. SFC DEWPTS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER INTO THE 50S NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY/... TOMORROW...THE NAM AND ECMWF ARE A BIT QUICKER THAN THE GFS WITH THE BAND OF RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT. SLIGHT CHC TO HIGH CHC POPS WERE KEPT IN THE FORECAST FROM THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY EASTWARD IN THE LATE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON FOR SOME SHOWERS. THE H850-700 FGEN DOES STRENGTHEN SOME WITH THE FRONT...AS IT CHUGS SLOWLY EASTWARD. DRIER AIR GRADUALLY BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINING UPSTREAM OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION...MIDWEST...AND SE CANADA. THE CUTOFF ALSO MOVES INTO SW QUEBEC. THE CLOUDS SHOULD DIMINISH WITH THE SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT. A TREND TO PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS IS POSSIBLE WEST/NORTHWEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY. A FEW POP-UP OR INSTABILITY SHOWERS MAY OCCUR OVER THE WRN MOHAWK VALLEY AND ERN CATSKILLS WITH THE COLD POOL ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROUGH GETTING CLOSER. H850 TEMPS WILL BE IN THE +9C TO +14C FROM NW TO SE OVER THE FCST AREA. HIGH TEMPS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE U60S TO M70S OVER THE HILLS AND MTNS...AND MAINLY U70S TO L80S IN THE VALLEYS. WED NIGHT...CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT TO CALM WINDS WILL PROMOTE SOME RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS...AS A DOME OF CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE MIDWEST AND THE UPPER MS RIVER VALLEY. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 50S WITH SOME MID AND U40 OVER THE SRN DACKS...ERN CATSKILLS. THURSDAY...A MAINLY FAIR AND PLEASANT DAY IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS AND COLD POOL GET CLOSER TO THE REGION FOR PERHAPS SOME ISOLD SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. H850 TEMPS WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL IN THE +9C TO +12C RANGE WITH HIGHS IN THE 75F TO 80F RANGE OVER MAINLY IN THE VALLEYS...WITH U60S TO M70S OVER THE MTNS AND HILLS. THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...ANOTHER IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHT IS EXPECTED WITH LOWS IN THE 50S WITH MID AND UPPER 40S OVER THE MTNS AND SRN DACKS REGION. THE SFC HIGH MOVES IN OVER THE NORTHEAST BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND SLOWLY DRIFTS OFFSHORE LATE IN DAY. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE TN VALLEY AND MIDWEST. FAIR AND DRY WX WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S TO AROUND 80F IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND CAPITAL DISTRICT. TEMPS WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TO NORMAL TO CLOSE THE WORK WEEK WITH FAIRLY COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY INITIALLY DRY CONDITIONS EARLY IN THE WEEKEND BEFORE BECOMING SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED TO START NEXT WEEK AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHES THE REGION. AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD...A BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER SATURDAY. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BE SOMEWHAT ZONAL...HELPING TO INTRODUCE UNCERTAINTY INTO THE LONG RANGE FORECAST REGARDING THE THREAT FOR PRECIPITATION. THIS PRECIPITATION THREAT WILL BE TRIGGERED BY A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION AND ATTENDENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THIS BOUNDARY WILL ULTIMATELY DETERMINE THE AREAL EXTENT OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND INTO THE DAY SUNDAY. FURTHER COMPLICATING ISSUES WILL BE MULTIPLE WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT...AIDED BY WEAK IMPULSES OF SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING THROUGH THE CHAOTIC QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. HAVE PLACED SLIGHT CHANCE AND CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FROM SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK WITH THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ON EACH DAY WITH FRONT LINGERING CLOSE BY. HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT THE LONG TERM WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO THE LOW 80S WITH LOWS RANGING FROM THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S. && .AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... LIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM THE KALB AREA TO JUST NORTH OF KPSF AND AROUND KGFL. RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST THE PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN WITH A POSSIBLE BRIEF EMBEDDED HEAVIER DOWNPOUR THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. THERE IS SO LITTLE LIGHTNING DUE TO A LACK OF INSTABILITY...NO INDICATIONS OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TAFS. CEILINGS SHOULD MAINLY BE JUST ABOVE 3000 FEET BUT IN HEAVIER SHOWERS...COULD HAVE INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF CEILINGS AROUND 2000-2500 FEET. BY THIS EVENING...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL NY/PA COULD AFFECT KALB...KPSF AND KGFL...WITH MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES THROUGH THE EVENING. THE ISOLATED NATURE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PREVENTS MENTION OF THUNDER IN THE KGFL AND KPSF TAFS AT THIS TIME BUT AMENDMENTS MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING IS RADAR TRENDS SUGGESTS THUNDER AT ANY OF THE TAF SITES. JUST A MENTION FOR POSSIBLE THUNDER FROM 23Z-24Z AT KALB. STRONGER CONVECTION IS DEVELOPING AROUND NJ AND BUILDING NORTH TOWARD KPOU...AND MAY TRACK CLOSE ENOUGH TO KPOU FOR A TEMPO FOR THUNDER BETWEEN 23Z-24Z. AGAIN...AMENDMENTS ARE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON TIMING AND TRACK OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD END AT KGFL AND KALB AFTER MIDNIGHT...THE A WIND SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST WITH CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES TRENDING TO VFR THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER AT KPOU AND KPSF UNTIL AROUND OR JUST AFTER DAYBREAK...AND INDICATING SHOWERS WITH MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 12Z-13Z AND VCSH THROUGH 14Z-15Z. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL AT KPOU AND KPSF AFTER THAT. WINDS WILL BE SOUTH AT 10 KT OR LESS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A POSSIBLE GUST NEAR 20 KT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AT KALB. WINDS BECOME LIGHT SOUTH THIS EVENING AT LESS THAN 10 KT...THEN OVERNIGHT AND TOWARD MORNING...WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST TO NORTH AT 10 KT OR LESS AND CONTINUE THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. OUTLOOK... WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO SATURDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. SATURDAY NIGHT: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA. SUNDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA...TSRA. && .FIRE WEATHER... A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EAST OF NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW...DRIER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE MIDWEST AND OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE CLOSE TO 100 PERCENT IN THE DAMP AIR MASS TONIGHT. THE RH VALUES WILL LOWER TO 45 TO 70 PERCENT TOMORROW AFTERNOON...THEN HAVE AN EXCELLENT RECOVERY TO 85 TO 100 PERCENT THURSDAY MORNING. && .HYDROLOGY... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...AND ALL OF WESTERN NEW ENGLAND... MOST MAIN STEM RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT THIS TIME...BUT PORTIONS OF THE HOUSATONIC BASIN MAY EXCEED ALERT STAGE...AND COULD APPROACH FLOOD STAGE ON WED. FOR EXAMPLE...GAYLORDSVILLE IS FORECASTED TO BARELY EXCEED THE ITS MINOR FLOOD STAGE ACCORDING TO THE LATEST NERFC FORECASTS. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NW CT HAD SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL SUNDAY NIGHT /1-3+ INCHES/...AND THE SOILS ARE MORE SATURATED THERE...WHERE THE FFG VALUES ARE A LITTLE LOWER. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REGION WILL REMAIN IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO THE DEEPEST TROPICAL MOISTURE...WITH PERSISTENT PWAT/S NEAR OR ABOVE 2 INCHES. ALSO...MID AND UPPER LEVEL WINDS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE POTENTIAL OF TRAINING AND/OR BACKBUILDING OF CONVECTIVE CELLS. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WATCH AREA...WHICH COULD PRODUCE AT LEAST AN ADDITIONAL 1-4 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMTS POSSIBLE. SOME RAINFALL RATES COULD EXCEED ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES/HOUR. THIS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...WITH LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS MOST AT RISK. OUTSIDE OF THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA...ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SUCH AS FROM THE CAPITAL REGION NORTH AND WEST. THESE LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OR SO OF RAINFALL. DRIER WEATHER RETURNS FOR THE MID WEEK...AND CONTINUES UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS SHOULD ALLOW STREAMS...CREEKS...AND RIVERS TO RECEDE FAIRLY QUICKLY. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TOWARDS THE 2ND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. 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...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR CTZ001-013. NY...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR NYZ058>061-063>066. MA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR MAZ001-025. VT...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR VTZ013>015. && SYNOPSIS...WASULA NEAR TERM...WASULA SHORT TERM...WASULA LONG TERM...IRL AVIATION...NAS FIRE WEATHER...KL/WASULA HYDROLOGY...KL/WASULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 447 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-VTZ013>015-161100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 447 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS...AND SOUTHERN TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...AND FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLASH FLOOD WATCH. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GENERALLY MOVE FROM THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST...TOWARD THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084-161100- 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- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- 447 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...AND CENTRAL TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO EARLY TONIGHT...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GENERALLY MOVE FROM THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST...TOWARD THE EAST OR NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED LATER TODAY. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014
NYZ047-152200-
SCHOHARIE NY-
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 523 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 45 MPH...AND HEAVY
RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF JEFFERSON...OR ABOUT
OVER DAVENPORT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEFFERSON BY 540 PM EDT
SUMMIT BY 550 PM EDT
RICHMONDVILLE BY 555 PM EDT
COBLESKILL BY 600 PM EDT
LAT...LON 4262 7464 4272 7466 4280 7454 4240 7432
4239 7456 4243 7464 4251 7471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 235DEG 22KT 4251 7477
IRLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
653 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014
NYZ058>061-064-152330-
EASTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-
WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-
653 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
NORTHEAST ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WESTERN COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
AT 651 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS AROUND 45 MPH...AND HEAVY
RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HIGH FALLS...OR ABOUT OVER
CATSKILL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CATSKILL AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LIVINGSTON BY 705 PM EDT
HUDSON...ATHENS AND CLAVERACK BY 720 PM EDT
CLAVERACK BY 725 PM EDT
PHILMONT...6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COXSACKIE...8 MILES SOUTH OF
KINDERHOOK AND 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHATHAM BY 730 PM EDT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED A HALF AN INCH AN HOUR FROM THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4216 7410 4247 7378 4247 7370 4230 7347
4206 7387 4208 7390 4208 7393 4203 7394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 227DEG 18KT 4216 7392
WASULAThe Albany radar (KENX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused flash flooding in Woodstock. Route 212 and Wittenberg Road were closed due to high water.
Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused flash flooding in Woodstock. Macdaniel Road was closed due to high water.
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