A sudden gust of wind blew an inflatable bounce house measuring 10 feet by 10 feet in size into the air during the afternoon on May 12th, 2014 at 22 Ferry Blvd in South Glens Falls, New York. Three children inside the bounce house fell out of the house as it blew through the air, including two young boys, who fell from a height of at least 15 feet.
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A sudden gust of wind blew an inflatable bounce house measuring 10 feet by 10 feet in size into the air during the afternoon on May 12th, 2014 at 22 Ferry Blvd in South Glens Falls, New York. Three children inside the bounce house fell out of the house as it blew through the air, including two young boys, who fell from a height of at least 15 feet. The two boys were seriously injured as a result of the incident and were thrown a large distance from the where the accident occurred. After the children fell out of the bounce house, it blew more than 50 feet through the air and landed in a field of a nearby middle school (Oliver W. Winch Middle School). One boy was hospitalized until late May and the other until mid June with significant injuries. The maximum wind gust measured that afternoon 2.7 miles away at Glens Falls Airport was 30 MPH. The weather balloon upper air sounding at Albany that morning suggested winds could gust as high as 40 MPH.
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 May 12, 11:57 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1257 PM EDT MON MAY 12 2014 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES OUT TO SEA OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TODAY. AFTER A DELIGHTFULLY SUNNY WARM DAY OUR WEATHER WILL TURN INCREASINGLY UNSETTLED AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES. LATE TODAY A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION...STALLING ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC STATES. BY MIDWEEK A LARGE FRONTAL SYSTEM IN THE GREAT LAKES WILL PUSH TOWARD THE EASTERN SEABOARD. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS OF NOON SOME HI CLOUDS ASSOC WITH CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FROM THE OVERNIGHT OHIO MCS WERE SPILLING OVER S PRTNS OF NYS. THESE HAVE DIMINISHED OVER NYS FOR THE TIME BEING...BUT WILL INCR AGAIN TWRD EVNG AS ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEBRIS FM MICHIGAN MCS AND CLOUDS NOW IN W NYS AND PA MOVE INTO S TIER. MEANWHILE A BACKDOOR CDFNT HAS CROSSED THE ST LAWRENCE VLY AND REACHED THE N ADRNDKS. IT WILL DRIFT VERY SLOWLY S THROUGH THE AFTN...WITH LITTLE IMPACT UNTIL TNGT. TNGT INTO TUESDAY 500HPA RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS FM GRTLKS TO E SEABOARD. AT THE SAME TIME THE RIDGE BCMS MUCH SHARPER. THIS EVNG THIS ALLOWS THE BACK DOOR CDFNT TO DROP S THRU THE RGN. BY 06UTC TNGT THE FNT IS FM NYS-BUF-UPR MI. IT DRIFTS A BIT FURTHER S AS ITS PARALLELS THE 500HPA FLOW TUES...BUT AS THE 500HPA RIDGE MVS EAST THE FRONT BRIEFLY STALLS AND BEGINS TO RETURN N LATE TUESDAY... AT THE SAME TIME MCS "RIDGE ROLLERS" HAVE MOVED OVER THE TOP OF THIS RIDGE. THE FIRST WENT THRU OHIO THIS MRNG...AND DISSIPATED IN VA...ANOTHER IS OVER MI MVNG SE..WEAKENING AND MVNG INTO PA..AND OTHERS ARE TEED UP OVER WI AND IA. WHILE THE FCA SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THESE DIRECTLY TNGT...THEY WILL SPILL INCRG CLOUDS INTO FCA TNGT. AS THE 500HPA RIDGE SHIFTS E TUE THREAT OF -SHRA/SCT TSTMS WILL BE INCRG ASSOC WITH THESE PASSING FEATURES. THE MDLS HV COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH TDYS 12UTC RUNS. THIS EVNG SVRL MDLS PRODUCE SCT -SHRA IN S TIER...MAY WARRANT A SLGHT CHC...BUT ALB CONV TEMPS IS 103. OVRNT THE RGN REMAINS DRY AS CLOUDS INCR. MOST OF THE GUID KEEPS ANY SIG SHRA/SCT TSTMS EITHER W OF FCA MUCH OF TUES...OR CONFINES IT TO N AND W PERIPHERY AREAS TUES AFTN. THE IMPACTS OF THE CDFNT WILL BE MODEST AS IT WILL REMAIN SHALLOW...WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO NE TO E TO SE TNGT. LOWS WILL BE MID 40S TO MID 50S. IT WILL PUT FCA IN MARINE LAYER LATER TNGT AND TUES WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS...BUT MAX TEMPS TUES WILL STILL MAKE 70 IN MOST AREAS TUES. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WEDNESDAY...CONFIDENCE IS NOT PARTICULARLY HIGH WITH RESPECT TO PLACEMENT OF HIGHER PROBABILITIES OF SHOWERS/TSTORMS. NCEP MODEL SUITE AND INTERNATIONAL GUIDANCE FAVOR AN IDEA OF A WARM FRONT LIFTING EAST-NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION WITH RISING HEIGHTS ALOFT FOR A MORE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW. FURTHERMORE...BEST LOW LEVEL JET FORCING AND THETA-E ADVECTIVE PROPERTIES REMAIN UPSTREAM FROM THE LOCAL SERVICE AREA WHICH TOO LIMITS A MORE ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION EVENT. SO WE WILL KEEP POPS INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND TO CHC-SCT VALUES FOR EASTERN NY /THE HIGHER POP VALUES WEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER/. GIVEN THE CONSIDERABLE CLOUD COVER EXPECTED...WE WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES AROUND SEASONABLE LEVELS DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH A BLEND OF THE WARMER MAV GUIDANCE AND COOLER MET GUIDANCE WHICH IS SOMEWHAT CLOSE TO THE EXPERIMENTAL ECMWF MOS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... STRONG RIDGING WILL BE DEPARTING THE EASTERN SEABOARD AT THE START OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WHILE A DIGGING TROUGH MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST/GREAT PLAINS AND TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. INITIALLY...THE BEST FORCING FOR PRECIP WILL BE LOCATED WEST OF OUR AREA...AND WHILE SOME STRAY SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS CANT BE RULED OUT FOR WESTERN PARTS OF THE CWA...IT LOOKS TO BE MAINLY DRY AND MILD FOR WED NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MINS ON WED NIGHT WILL BE IN THE 50S...WITH HIGHS ON THURSDAY WELL INTO THE 70S...AS 850 HPA TEMPS OF 12-14 DEGREES C WILL SUPPORT QUITE A WARM DAY. EVENTUALLY...THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SLOW MOVING SFC FRONT WILL MOVE CLOSER TO OUR AREA AND PASS THROUGH FROM WEST TO EAST FOR THE LATE WEEK PERIOD. THIS WILL LIKELY BRING A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS OUR REGION FOR SOMETIME BETWEEN THURSDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. WITH PWAT VALUES SURGING TO AROUND 1.50 INCHES...A PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WHEN THE BEST FORCING MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THERE MAY BE SOME EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS WITHIN THE BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...AS SHOWALTER VALUES DROPPING BELOW ZERO SHOW THERE MAY BE ELEVATED INSTABILITY...WHICH CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL. IT WILL BE MILD AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WITH MINS IN THE MID 50S TO LOW 60S FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...AND TEMPS NEAR 70 ON FRIDAY. COOLER TEMPS WILL START TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST FOR FRIDAY NIGHT...AS THE BOUNDARY STARTS TO CROSS THE REGION...WITH MID 40S TO MID 50S...AND HIGHS ON SATURDAY MAINLY IN THE 60S. OVER THE WEEKEND...THERE MAY BE SOME LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS...AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL STILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. IT/S STILL HARD TO SAY IF THE CORE OF THE UPPER LEVEL CLOSES OFF AND IF IT WILL CROSS OVER OUR AREA...OR IF IT WILL JUST PASS OFF TO OUR NORTH. IN EITHER CASE...A CONTINUED CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS IS JUSTIFIED...ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPS FOR SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... VFR CONDS WITH SCT-BKN100 CLOUDS THRU TNGT. SHALLOW CDFNT WILL MV INTO ADIRONDACKS THIS AFTN...REACH THE MHWK VLY THIS EVNG AND MV S OF AREA BY 06UTC. WINDS WILL BE LT AND VRBL AHEAD OF IT...TURNING NE ..THEN E...THEN SE BEHIND IT UNDER 10KTS. ISOLD -SHRA THIS EVNG MAINLY S TIER.. OUTLOOK... TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA...TSRA. FRIDAY: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA...TSRA. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA. && .FIRE WEATHER... RH VALUES TODAY WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 PERCENT AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 10 MPH OR LESS. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE RH LEVELS RECOVER TONIGHT TO BETWEEN 60 AND 90 PERCENT TONIGHT WITH A LIGHT WIND. THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE ENTIRE REGION WITH THE HIGHER PROBABILITIES WEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER. && .HYDROLOGY... NO WIDESPREAD HYDROLOGIC ISSUES ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A MAINLY DRY AND WARM DAY IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS ON THE INCREASE LATE IN THE DAY. THIS CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE FOR MOST THE REGION WITH THE INCREASE PROBABILITY FOR SOME HEAVIER RAINFALL TOWARD THE END OF THIS WEEK. HOWEVER...ANY RAINFALL DURING THE EARLY AND MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK WILL BE LIGHT AND HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THE RAINFALL LATER IN THE WEEK COULD BE HEAVY AND WE WILL NEED TO WATCH NUMERICAL TRENDS CLOSELY. 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...SNYDER NEAR TERM...SNYDER SHORT TERM...BGM LONG TERM...FRUGIS AVIATION...SNYDER FIRE WEATHER...BGM HYDROLOGY...BGM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 400 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2014 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-131100- 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- 400 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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