On July 3 thunderstorms broke out in warm unstable air ahead of a slow moving cold front. Some storms trained over southeast Franklin County and southwest Clinton County New York, producing two to 3 inches of rain in less than 3 hours.
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On July 3 thunderstorms broke out in warm unstable air ahead of a slow moving cold front. Some storms trained over southeast Franklin County and southwest Clinton County New York, producing two to 3 inches of rain in less than 3 hours. The return interval for one hour duration rainfall was near a one hundred year event, and isolated flash flooding resulted.
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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 3, 2:54 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 354 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS... THERE WILL BE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS...ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EASTWARD ON FRIDAY...BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... AS OF 344 PM EDT THURSDAY...ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF VERMONT AND FOR ESSEX COUNTY NY. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED HYDRO ISSUES. SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN NY AND SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND STRENGTHEN AS THEY MOVE ACROSS FORECAST AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. SURFACE COLD FRONT DRAPED ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHWEST VERMONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY SLOWLY EAST-SOUTHEAST TONIGHT. MEANWHILE SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT WITH GRADUAL MID LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS TO FOLLOW OVERNIGHT WHILE STRONG 250 MB SOUTHWESTERLY JET MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALLOWS FOR MOIST AIR TO CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 1.5 TO NEAR 2 INCHES FOR AREAS EAST OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY THIS EVENING. GIVEN THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE...GOOD TROPICAL MOISTURE FEED AND WARM CLOUD DEPTHS...AND THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE COLD FRONT...THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL EXISTS. AVERAGE QPF AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 0.50 INCH IN THE WESTERN CWA TO 1.50 IN PARTS OF ADIRONDACKS AND VERMONT BY 12Z FRIDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN STRONGER STORMS. WITH FAIRLY DRY WEATHER RECENTLY...MOST AREAS RECEIVING LESS THAN 1 INCH IN LAST 72 HRS...DO NOT EXPECT WIDESPREAD FLOODING. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAINFALL RATES COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE OR LOW LYING AREAS. AS FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS...THE THREAT APPEARS GREATEST FROM ADDISON AND ORANGE COUNTIES SOUTHWARD...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST ESSEX COUNTY NY. FAVORABLE SHEAR FOR STRONGER STORMS EXISTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...BUT INSTABILITY GREATEST IN SOUTHERN AREAS WITH SBCAPE VALUES OF 1500-2000 J/KG. THREAT FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ENDS BY LATER THIS EVENING...BUT THE THREAT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS VERMONT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. && .SHORT TERM /7 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... AS OF 344 PM EDT THURSDAY...IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER WILL BE VERY SLOW TO OCCUR ON FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN VERMONT. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY EASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION. MEANWHILE...EASTWARD PROGRESS OF SURFACE FRONT WILL BE SLOWED BY HURRICANE ARTHUR. WHILE ARTHUR WILL NOT HAVE ANY DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR WEATHER...IT WILL DELAY THE DEPARTURE OF THE FRONT AND THE SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. TEMPS ON FRIDAY COOLER THAN TODAY WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MID 70S. IMPROVING CONDITIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES EAST OF THE AREA...FORCING ARTHUR OFF TO THE EAST AS WELL. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES LATER FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...PROVIDING CLEARING SKIES AND MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EXPECTED SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 226 PM EDT THURSDAY...FAIRLY TRANQUIL AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY ONWARD WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF SHOWERS AND STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUNNY SKIES AND SEASONAL TEMPS BEFORE A BROAD UPPER TROUGH DROPPING SOUTHWARD FROM THE JAMES BAY AREA RENEWS CHANCES FOR PRECIP MONDAY. SURFACE COLD FRONT LOOKS TO PUSH INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY MONDAY AFTERNOON SPARKING SHOWERS AND STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING...BECOMING MORE SHOWERY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONT CONTINUES SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL/EASTERN AREAS TUESDAY BEFORE ANOTHER SURFACE HIGH MOVING OUT OF THE GREAT LAKES MOVES INTO THE NORTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH REMAINS OVER THE REGION THOUGH SO WHILE CONDITIONS WILL BE DRY...SHOULD SEE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS WEDNESDAY. TEMPS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE RIGHT AROUND NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S...AND LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S. && .AVIATION /20Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPMENT BEING AT KRUT. MORE PREVAILING RAIN/SHOWERS MOVES IN FROM THE WEST/SOUTHWEST AFTER 21Z AT KMSS...23Z KBTV WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER POSSIBLE. BEST CHANCE AT SEEING TSRA WILL BE CLOSER TO THE BEST INSTABILITY AT KRUT WHERE A BRIEF PERIOD OF IFR WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM 23-02Z. SHOWERS/RAIN END AT KMSS BY 00Z...KSLK 06Z...AND VT TERMINALS CLOSER TO 12Z. AFTER INITIAL LINE OF SHOWERS/STORMS MOVE THROUGH THIS EVENING...CIGS LOWER TO MVFR EAST OF KMSS WITH PERIODS OF IFR LIKELY AT KSLK/KMPV/KRUT UNTIL 12-14Z. AFTER 14Z...TREND WILL BE BACK TO VFR. OUTLOOK 18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... 18Z FRIDAY TO 12Z MONDAY...VFR. 12Z MONDAY ONWARD...VFR WITH MVFR/IFR POSSIBLE IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...RJS NEAR TERM...RJS SHORT TERM...RJS LONG TERM...LAHIFF AVIATION...LAHIFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 253 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 NYZ026>031-087-VTZ001-002-016-041900- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN FRANKLIN- 253 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND NORTHWEST VERMONT. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WHICH MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POOR DRAINAGE OR MINOR LOW LYING FLOODING. A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ034-035-VTZ003>012-017>019-041900- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN- LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 253 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 391 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 414 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 NYZ034-035-VTZ005-009-017-018-032115- EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN ESSEX NY- WESTERN ADDISON VT-WESTERN CHITTENDEN VT-WESTERN ESSEX NY- 414 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014 THOSE ATTENDING THE BURLINGTON INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD PREPARE FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN ESSEX... NORTHERN ADDISON AND WESTERN CHITTENDEN COUNTIES... AT 406 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR NEW RUSSIA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... EXIT 31 I87...WADHAMS...WHALLONSBURG...DIAMOND ISLAND...MCNEIL COVE...GARDEN ISLAND...CHARLOTTE...SHELBURNE FALLS...ST. GEORGE... HINESBURG...WILLISTON...EXIT 12 I89... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. LAT...LON 4462 7305 4409 7297 4403 7360 4423 7378
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
520 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
NYZ028-030-031-034-035-032215-
EASTERN CLINTON NY-EASTERN ESSEX NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
520 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE THROUGH CLINTON...SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN
AND WESTERN ESSEX COUNTIES...
AT 512 PM EDT...HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ACROSS SOUTHEAST FRANKLIN
COUNTY...NORTHWEST ESSEX COUNTY...AND CLINTON COUNTY. INDIVIDUAL
STORMS IN THE RAIN AREA WERE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SARANAC...MOFFITTSVILLE...DANNEMORA...HARKNESS...CADYVILLE...
JERICHO...WEST BEEKMANTOWN...WEST PLATTSBURGH...BEEKMANTOWN...EXIT 40
I87...POINT AU ROCHE...LONG POINT...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CAN CAUSE
HYDROPLANING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM THURSDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT.
LAT...LON 4492 7333 4484 7338 4478 7334 4462 7340
4455 7334 4454 7345 4374 7398 4374 7405
4379 7406 4382 7415 4381 7422 4388 7430
4394 7433 4397 7426 4411 7429 4411 7441
4414 7443 4498 7397 4501 7335
HANSONThe Burlington radar (KCXX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Roads in Saranac Lake Village were flooded and closed.
Runoff from heavy rainfall flooded basements in Saranac Lake Village.
A culvert was washed out on Fletcher Farm Road, closing the road down to one lane.
A portion of Chazy Lake Road was washed out in Saranac.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New York in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 2014
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: 529795, 529796, 529792, 529793.