A warm and humid air mass was in place over eastern New York on Saturday, August 15th. As an upper level disturbance approached the area during the afternoon hours, causing thunderstorms to develop.
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A warm and humid air mass was in place over eastern New York on Saturday, August 15th. As an upper level disturbance approached the area during the afternoon hours, causing thunderstorms to develop. A few of these thunderstorms became severe, producing damaging wind gusts to trees and power lines.
As the upper level disturbance moved east of the region, the threat for thunderstorms ended during the evening hours.
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 Aug 15, 12:49 PM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 149 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY BRINGING THE THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN AT ALL LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE TO BRING INCREASINGLY WARM AND HUMID WEATHER TO CLOSE OUT THE WEEKEND AND START THE NEXT WORK WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... FOR THIS AFTERNOON...UPPER ENERGY SWIRLING NEAR THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO IS PREDICTED TO DRIFT ACROSS NY THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WHILE A WEAK LOW LEVEL WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY SINKS SLOWLY SOUTH AND EAST. THERE IS A FAIRLY DISTINCT CLOUD/CLEARING BOUNDARY ACROSS NY...AND THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE FOCUS FOR NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY PROXIMATE TO THE UPPER LOW. SHEAR IS WEAK BUT THERE IS WEAK TO MODERATE INSTABILITY... ESPECIALLY FROM THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...THROUGH CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN VT AND POINTS SOUTH AND EAST. WE HAVE NEARLY REACHED THE CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION AND SOME NEW CELLS ARE JUST DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN AREAS. MESOSCALE MODELS SHOW INCREASING COVERAGE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON THAT BUILDS SOUTH AND EAST...AND THEN DISSIPATES AS IT ENTERS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES THROUGH THE EVENING. THERE COULD BE SME GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS...AND WILL KEEP AN EYE FOR AN ISOLATED STORM TO POSSIBLY PULSE UP TO MARGINAL SEVERE LEVELS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND STANDING WATER IN URBAN...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME TRAINING STORMS DUE TO THE SLOW PROGRESS OF THE WEAK FRONTAL LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. HIGHS IN THE 80S...AROUND 80 SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...NEAR 90 MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NW CT. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... ANY LEFT OVER UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT AS MID LEVEL HEIGHTS RISE WHICH WILL PORTENT TO A SPELL OF DRY SETTLED BUT INCREASING HOT WEATHER. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AT ALL LEVELS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY. H850 TEMPS WILL WARM FROM THE MID TO UPPER TEENS...POSSIBLY TOUCHING 20C JUST TO THE SOUTH OF ALBANY. WITH A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY SUNDAY NIGHT...TEMPERATURES WILL SETTLE INTO THE 60S...UPPER 50S MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...A COUPLE OF POINTS LOWER THAN TONIGHT DUE TO SOME RADIATIONAL COOLING. THERE WILL BE PATCHY FOG IN THE VALLEYS AND AREAS NEAR BODIES OF WATER SOME OF WHICH COULD BE LOCALLY DENSE. SUNDAY...SUNSHINE WILL BURN OFF THE FOG FAIRLY QUICKLY AND DELIVER A HOT AFTERNOON. LOOK FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES AROUND 90 IN THE VALLEYS...LOWER TO MID 80S OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. FORTUNATELY ON SUNDAY...DEWPOINTS DO LOOK ALL THAT HIGH... GENERALLY MID 60S SO THE APPARENT TEMPERATURES (THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY) DON'T LOOK MUCH HIGHER. SUNDAY NIGHT IS ANOTHER MILD TO MUGGY NIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE 60S... UPPER 60S IN MOST CITY AREAS. THERE COULD BE A LITTLE FOG AGAIN BUT DID NOT INCLUDE IT IN THE GRIDS THIS FAR OUT. MONDAY...LOOKS A LITTLE HOTTER THAN SUNDAY AS THE WIND COULD TURN SW WHICH COULD ADD A FEW DEGREES IN THE CAPITAL REGION DUE TO DOWNSLOPING OFF THE HELDERBERGS. WE ARE PROJECTING HIGHS 90-95 IN THE VALLEYS (WITH SOME OF THE HOTTEST READINGS RIGHT IN THE CAPITAL REGION). HIGHS WILL BE 85-90 OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. DEWPOINTS MIGHT CREEP UP IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY TOWARD 70...BUT SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MID OR UPPER 60S ELSEWHERE. IN FACT...IF WE DO GET GOOD SW BREEZE OFF THE HELDERBERGS...DEWPOINTS COULD DROP CLOSER TO 60 RIGHT IN THE CAPITAL REGION. APPARENT TEMPERATURES COULD APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. WE WILL ALERT OUR EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND THE MEDIA OF THIS SINCE PROJECTED APPARENT TEMPERATURES OF 100 DEGREES OR MORE FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE HOURS OR MORE...REQUIRES A HEAT ADVISORY. WE HAVE NOT ISSUED ONE YET...BUT WE MIGHT HAVE TO AGAIN FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. MUGGY MONDAY NIGHT...WITH A FEW MORE CLOUDS HUMIDITY AND POSSIBLY HAZE. LOWS WILL GENERALLY BE 65-70...WARMEST IN THE CITIES...COOLEST IN OUTLYING MOUNTAIN VALLEYS WHERE SOME FOLKS WILL BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 60S. WE LOOKED PRETTY CAPPED BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE INSTABILITY ON SUNDAY LOOKS LIMITED (GENERALLY UNDER 1000 J/KG) CREEPING UP A BIT ON MONDAY. FOR THESE REASONS WE HAVE NOT INCLUDE THUNDER ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY AT THIS TIME. MORE SUNSHINE AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MONDAY WITH HIGHS ONCE AGAIN IN THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S. ONCE AGAIN... HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME...SO TYPICAL AUGUST WEATHER CONTINUES. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL FEATURE ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH HUMID CONDITIONS...AS A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE AND SURFACE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW REMAINS OVER THE REGION. THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL ALSO BE FAIRLY MOIST AND HAVE FORECAST 20 TO 45 PERCENT POPS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LONG TERM PERIOD...ALONG WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THE HIGHEST POPS HAVE BEEN FORECAST ON TUESDAY AS A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY TRIES TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT TRIES TO APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE FRONTS WILL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION...BUT THEY WILL BE WEAKENED AND BLOCKED BY THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE EASTERN U.S....AND THE BOUNDARIES WILL TEND TO DISSIPATE AS THE APPROACH. SPECIFICALLY FOR TEMPS...HIGHS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE 80S TO AROUND 90...WITH SOME UPPER 70S OVER THE ADIRONDACKS. HIGHS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 70S AND 80S. LOWS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHTS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 60S. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHWRS/TSTMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTN AND EARLY EVENING. THE TIMING OF ANY SHWRS/TSTMS IS DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME...EXCEPT AT KALB WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE WITHIN A MILE OR TWO OF THE AIRFIELD. FOR OTHER TAF SITES...VCSH. ANY SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING WITH GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING AT THE TAF SITES UNTIL CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT. AT KGFL/KPSF/KPOU EXPECT IFR FOG TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT... AND MVFR AT KALB. THE FOG/STRATUS IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY TO OCCUR AT THOSE SITES WHERE ANY SHWRS/TSTMS OCCUR THIS AFTN/EVE. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OR CALM AGAIN TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE ON SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE STRONGER...AND VARIABLE IN DIRECTION IN AND NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE TAF PERIOD. OUTLOOK... LATE SATURDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. SUNDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. SUNDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. MONDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. MONDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX. TUESDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SCATTERED SHRA...TSRA. TUESDAY NIGHT: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. ISOLATED SHRA...TSRA. WEDNESDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SCATTERED SHRA...TSRA. && .FIRE WEATHER... THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING AND POSSIBILITY OF MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WILL BRING VERY LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH BUT MOST AREAS WILL NOT SEE THAT MUCH RAINFALL. THE WIND WILL START OUT LIGHT...TURNING WESTERLY 5-10 MPH WITH FEW HIGHER AFTERNOON GUSTS. THE WIND WILL BECOME NEARLY CALM TONIGHT...AND BECOME WEST OR SOUTHWEST 5-15 MPH ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TONIGHT SHOULD FEATURE A FULL RECOVERY WITH LOTS OF DEW AND SOME PATCHY FOG. SUNDAY AND MONDAY LOOK HOT WITH LITTLE OR NO CONVECTION EXPECTED. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL BE MODERATE. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON TUESDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF WEAK COLD FRONT. && .HYDROLOGY... NO WIDESPREAD HYDRO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED THE NEXT 5 DAYS IN THE ALY HYDRO SERVICE AREA. A WEAK WIND SHIFT LINE COULD TRIGGER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE THEY WILL BE SLOW MOVING THEY COULD DEPOSIT EXTREMELY LOCALIZED RAINFALL IN A SMALL AREAS...ENOUGH TO PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. AVERAGE RAINFALL BASIN WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH SO NO AFFECT IS EXPECTED ON LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY ALTHOUGH AN AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE ENTIRELY RULED OUT. IT WILL TURN QUITE HOT. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON TUESDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. 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...HWJIV NEAR TERM...HWJIV/NAS SHORT TERM...HWJIV LONG TERM...GJM AVIATION...SND FIRE WEATHER...HWJIV/NAS HYDROLOGY...HWJIV/NAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 509 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 CTZ001-013-NYZ049-050-052-053-059-060-064>066-160915- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 509 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND HUDSON VALLEY EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK INCLUDING THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND GREATER CAPITAL REGION...AS WELL AS NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY RIGHT IN THE CAPITAL REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES FORM WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AT ONLY ABOUT 15 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE...WHICH COMBINES THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY...COULD APPROACH OR EVEN EXCEED 100 DEGREES IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND EVEN GREATER CAPITAL REGION ON MONDAY. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN...HEAT ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-054-058-061-063-082>084- VTZ013>015-160915- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 509 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...EXCLUDING THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND CAPITAL REGION AS WELL AS SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF MAINLY NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DOES FORM WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AT ONLY ABOUT 15 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 127 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 NYZ049-050-052-053-151815- EASTERN ALBANY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- 127 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ALBANY... SOUTHEASTERN SCHENECTADY...NORTHWESTERN RENSSELAER AND SOUTHEASTERN SARATOGA COUNTIES... AT 126 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OVER NISKAYUNA...OR OVER SCHENECTADY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALBANY...SCHENECTADY...TROY...CLIFTON PARK...ROTTERDAM...COHOES... WATERVLIET...COLONIE...MECHANICVILLE...LATHAM...NISKAYUNA...GREEN ISLAND...WATERFORD...ALPLAUS...EAST GLENVILLE...HALFMOON...VERDOY... STANFORD HEIGHTS...CRESCENT AND STOODLEY CORNERS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 890 NEAR MILE MARKER 7. INTERSTATE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 8-8A...NEAR MILE MARKER 4...NEAR MILE MARKER 9-10...NEAR MILE MARKER 8A ...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8-9 AND 9. INTERSTATE 787 MILE MARKER 9W AND NEAR MILE MARKER 8-7. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4270 7393 4288 7395 4291 7366 4272 7365 TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 264DEG 12KT 4280 7387 IRL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 217 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 NYZ050-052>054-151900- EASTERN ALBANY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- 217 PM EDT SAT AUG 15 2015 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ALBANY AND CENTRAL RENSSELAER COUNTIES... AT 217 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER TROY...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ALBANY...TROY...COHOES...WATERVLIET...RENSSELAER...LATHAM... MENANDS...GREEN ISLAND...GRAFTON...WATERFORD...BERLIN...WYANTSKILL... CENTER BRUNSWICK...LOUDONVILLE...WYNANTSKILL...WEST SAND LAKE... AVERILL PARK...NORTH GREENBUSH...BRUNSWICK AND PITTSTOWN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 8 AND 3-4...AND MILE MARKER 8 AND NEAR MILE MARKER 6-5A. INTERSTATE 87 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 6 AND 2 ...AND MILE MARKER 8-9 AND NEAR MILE MARKER 9. INTERSTATE 787 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7W AND 3A...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 9W AND 8-7. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4264 7376 4282 7378 4286 7336 4264 7335 TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 261DEG 15KT 4274 7367 IRL
The Albany radar (KENX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:14 UTC.
8 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A power pole near Rogers Memorial Park in Bolton Landing was struck by lightning and caught on fire.
A tree along Troy-Schenectady Road (New York State Route 7) in Niskayuna was struck by lightning. As a result, the tree fell and downed power lines as well. The road was temporarily closed due to the downed tree and wires.
Trees and wires were downed on West Road in Fort Ann as a result of thunderstorm winds.
Trees and wires were downed in Kiskatom due to thunderstorm winds.
Trees and power lines were downed due to thunderstorm winds at 5 Pleasant Drive in Catskill.
A tree was downed due to thunderstorm winds on Grandview Avenue in Catskill.
Trees were reported down in St. Peter's Cemetery near the intersection of Salt Point Turnpike and Underhill Road in Poughkeepsie.
Trees and wires were reported down on Van Wagner Road in Poughkeepsie.
Trees and wires were reported down at the intersection of Cream Street and Salt Point Turnpike in Poughkeepsie.
Wires were reported down at the intersection of Hart Drive and Route 44 in Poughkeepsie.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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