A warm and humid air mass was in place on the evening of Tuesday, June 17th. A strong cold front moved across the region from west to east between late in the evening on Tuesday, June 17th and the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 18th.
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The episode as NWS ALY wrote it up.
A warm and humid air mass was in place on the evening of Tuesday, June 17th. A strong cold front moved across the region from west to east between late in the evening on Tuesday, June 17th and the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 18th. Along and just ahead of this boundary, a line of severe thunderstorms in the form of a squall line raced from west to east across the area. These storms produced significant wind damage across eastern New York. The thunderstorms weakened somewhat as they reached the border with western New England as instability started to wane. The threat for thunderstorms ended with the passage of the cold front by the late night hours, as drier and less humid air worked into the region.
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, 9:48 AM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1048 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 .SYNOPSIS... WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL BE IN PLACE FOR TODAY. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA...ALONG WITH CONTINUED WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 1030 AM EDT...MOSTLY TO PARTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS THE REGION. CURRENT OBSERVED TEMPS WERE RUNNING 2 TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE THE HOURLY TEMP GRIDS. HAVE ADJUSTED THE HOURLY TEMP GRIDS TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS...BUT DID NOT RAISE THE MAX TEMPS FOR TODAY SINCE THE MAX TEMPS STILL SEEM TO BE IN LINE FOR THE EXPECTED HIGHS FOR TODAY... DESPITE THE WARMER THAN FORECAST TEMPS AS OF 1030 AM. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... FOR TODAY...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS OUR REGION TODAY RESULTING IN DRY BUT MORE HUMID CONDITIONS WITH TEMPS RISING INTO THE 80S. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... A SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS WILL BE APPROACHING OUR REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. FIRST A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH OUR REGION THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT CROSSING THE FA DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FAIRLY STRONG THETA E RIDGE IS IN PLACE BTWN H10 AND H8 LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PWATS RISE TO BTWN 1.5 AND 1.75 INCHES WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. MLMUCAPES REACH 1000-1500 J/KG AND FA IS IN THE RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF A 100 KT JET MAX WHICH WILL BE MOVING ACRS QUEBEC LATE WEDNESDAY. THUS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE ON THE STRONG SIDE. LOWS TONIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO UPPER 60S WITH HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY IN THE UPPER 70S TO UPPER 80S. ANY LINGERING CONVECTION SHOULD END WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH FAIR WEATHER BUILDING IN FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS OUR REGION. EXPECT LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO BE IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S WITH HIGHS ON THURSDAY IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S AND LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT IN THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... THE EXTENDED FORECAST CONTINUES TO START OUT FAIR AND DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO NY AND NEW ENGLAND FROM NEAR JAMES BAY. AN H500 UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE OVER ERN CANADA AND THE NORTHEAST. THE CLOSED COMPACT H500 CIRCULATION EMBEDDED IN THE TROUGH WILL BE NEAR NRN MAINE AND THE GULF OF ST LAWRENCE TO CLOSE THIS WEEK. THIS UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL AMPLIFY AND SLOWLY LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES BY THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. THE SENSIBLE WEATHER BECOMES MORE UNSETTLED BY SUNDAY...AS THE MID LEVEL FLOW BECOMES QUASI-ZONAL UPSTREAM OF THE NORTHEAST. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND THE GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BE APPROACHING... AS WELL AS ITS WARM FRONT NEAR THE MID ATLANTIC REGION AND OHIO VALLEY FOR AN INCREASED THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. FRIDAY-SATURDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DOMINATE WITH THE RATHER IMPRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER ERN CANADA...NY AND NEW ENGLAND. H850 TEMPS OF +10C TO +13C WITH DECENT MIXING IN THE NW FLOW REGIME SHOULD YIELD SEASONABLE TEMPS FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER WITH HIGHS IN THE U70S TO L80S IN THE VALLEY...AND U60S TO M70S OVER THE MTNS. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH SFC DEWPTS IN THE M40S TO L50S. THE SFC HIGH WILL BE RIDGING DOWN INTO THE REGION...BUT SOME OF THE MEDIUM RANGE GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW A WEAK IMPULSE EMBEDDED IN THE NW FLOW THAT COULD INCREASE CLOUDS LATE...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION WITH A THREAT OF ISOLD SHOWERS ON SATURDAY...AS A SFC WAVE PASSES WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION NEAR THE DELMARVA CORRIDOR. THE GFS INDICATES LITTLE OR NO INSTABILITY...AND THE ECMWF HINTS AT SOME ISOLD SHOWERS MAINLY TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRI CITIES. A SLIGHT CHC OF SHOWERS WAS INCLUDED IN THESE AREAS. LOWS WILL BE COOL IN THE CANADIAN AIR MASS WITH MAINLY LOWER TO MID 50S ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND HILLS...AND M40S TO AROUND 50F OVER THE MTNS. TEMPS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE A SHADE COOLER THAN FRIDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS AROUND...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 70S WITH A FEW U60S OVER THE SRN GREENS AND SRN DACKS. SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...THE AFOREMENTIONED SFC WAVE PASSES SOUTH OF THE REGION WITH A PERIOD OF CLEARING EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT. LOWS WILL STILL BE IN THE 50S. LOW PRESSURE REACHES THE CNTRL GREAT LAKES REGION AND ITS WARM FRONT STARTS TO MOVE N/NE TOWARDS PA AND NJ. THE INCREASING LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY...AND THE WAVE WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLD THUNDERSTORM. THE MUCAPE VALUES WERE STILL LOW WITH LESS THAN 250 J/KG OVER THE FCST AREA. H850 TEMPS IN THE +10C TO +13C RANGE WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WILL KEEP TEMPS A SHADE BELOW NORMAL FOR THE FIRST WEEKEND OF JUNE WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE LOWER TO M70S...EXCEPT FOR SOME 60S OVER THE MTNS. SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THE BEST SYNOPTIC LIFT WITH THE SFC WAVE AND WARM FRONT LOOKS TO BE LATE IN THE EXTENDED WITH INCREASING MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND ISENTROPIC LIFT. HUMIDITY LEVELS START TO CREEP UP WITH THE POOLING OF HIGHER DEWPTS INTO THE U50S TO 60S. MUCAPES RISE TO 500-1500+ J/KG LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SHOWALTER VALUES DIP TO 0C TO -3C INDICATIVE OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY. PWATS INCREASE TO 1-1.50 INCHES. SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. FOR NOW...HAVE CONTINUED WITH HIGH CHC POPS. LOWS ARE EXPECTED IN THE 50S TO L60S...AND HIGHS EARLY NEXT WEEK CONTINUE TO BE A LITTLE COOLER THAN NORMAL WITH U60S TO M70S OVER THE FCST AREA. && .AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY RIDGE IN FROM NEAR THE MID ATLANTIC REGION TODAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN QUEBEC AND ITS ASSOCIATED PREFRONTAL SFC TROUGH AND COLD FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS MOST OF THE DAY WITH A FEW CUMULUS AND SOME SCT-BKN CIRRUS AROUND. THE CLOUDS WILL START TO THICKEN AND LOWER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF THE NEXT DISTURBANCE. SOME SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY SCT THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVE BY 06Z/WED. SOME MVFR VSBYS AND CIGS WERE ADDED LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD...BUT NO THUNDER YET...AS PROBS REMAIN BELOW 50 PERCENT AND IT IS LATE IN THE TAF PERIOD. THE WINDS WILL VEER TO THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 5-10 KTS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...BEFORE BECOMING LIGHT TO CALM AFTER 00Z/WED. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE S/SW AT 4-8 KTS AFTER 06Z/WED. OUTLOOK... TUESDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA...TSRA. WEDNESDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT.BREEZY CHANCE OF SHRA...TSRA. WEDNESDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA...TSRA. THURSDAY TO SATURDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. && .FIRE WEATHER... WARMER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL BE IN PLACE FOR TODAY. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...AS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE AREA...ALONG WITH CONTINUED WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO 35 TO 50 PERCENT TODAY...INCREASE TO 85 TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT AND DROP TO 40 TO50 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH TODAY...SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 ,PH TONIGHT...AND WEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY... DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SOME MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE QUESTIONS STILL REMAINING ON JUST HOW ORGANIZED THE SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE...THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WITHIN ANY THUNDERSTORM. ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD BE NO WIDESPREAD HYDROLOGIC ISSUES...LOCALIZED ISSUES CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. MAINLY DRY WEATHER LOOKS TO RETURN FOR THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...AS RELATIVELY COOLER AND LESS HUMID AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. 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/11 NEAR TERM...GJM/11 SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM...WASULA AVIATION...WASULA FIRE WEATHER...11 HYDROLOGY...FRUGIS/11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 956 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 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- 956 AM EDT TUE JUN 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR GREATER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE ON THE STRONG SIDE...ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
The Albany radar (KENX), 102 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:43 UTC.
42 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees and wires were reported down on Sunset View Way in Fort Ann as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down along State Route 149 in Fort Ann due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were down in Old Forge as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Big Moose as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Wires were reported down in Eagle Bay as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Large trees limbs were reported down and across a road in Raquette Lake as a result of thunderstorm winds.
A three story barn was blown across a road as a result of thunderstorm winds in Schuyler Corners. The barn damaged a house on the other side of the street.
Trees and wires were reported down on French Road in the hamlet of Morehouseville in the town of Morehouse as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down in the town of Poland as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported to be sheared off and blown into a field in Middleville as a result of thunderstorm winds. In addition, trees and wires were reported down on Route 28 as well.
Numerous trees were reported down throughout Salisbury Center as a result of thunderstorm winds. Many roads were closed as a result of the downed trees.
Trees were reported down in Stratford as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Pottersville as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down in Little Falls as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down on Route 9 in Warrensburg as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Multiple trees were reported down at Camp Echo Lake in Warrensburg with one falling on a camping vehicle as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down in Palatine Bridge as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down in Canajoharie as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down on Route 9 in Lake George as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees were reported down at the intersection of Route 30A and Van Epps Road in Fultonville as a result of thunderstorm winds.
A tree was reported down and on a house on Pillar Way in Fort Ann as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down on South William Street in Whitehall due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down on Rowland Street in Milton due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down on Perth Road in Galway due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down on Route 29 in Saratoga Springs as a result of thunderstorm winds.
A large pine tree was reported down and on a car in the Factory Village portion of Ballston Spa as a result of thunderstorm winds.
A tree reportedly fell on a house on Route 9P in the town of Stillwater as a result of thunderstorm winds. The weight of the tree caused the house to collapse.
Trees and wires were reported down in Hudson Falls as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Kingsbury as a result of thunderstorm winds.
A tree was reported down and blocking a road in Knox as a result of thunderstorm winds.
A tree was reported down on Route 372 in Easton as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Multiple reports of wires down in Troy as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Big Indian as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Lexington as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Ashland as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Large trees were reported down in Jewett due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in West Hurley due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Woodstock due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Hudson due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in Greenport Center due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were reported down in West Ghent due to thunderstorm winds.
One tree was reported down and across a road in Livingston due to thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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