Floyd Deluges Eastern New York
and Western New England
WSR-88D Storm total Precipitation Estimate
(Through 8 am Friday September 17, 1999)
RECORD RAINFALL!
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK
FLOYD IMPACTS THE DROUGHT
The Following Are Actual Storm Total Rainfall Reports for National Weather Service Cooperative Weather Observers and Certified Skywarn Spotters. Some Totals Will Increase as the Storm Has Not
AS OF 7 AM THIS MORNING (Friday Sept. 17, 1999)...
| IN EASTERN NEW YORK | . |
| ALBANY COUNTY | . |
| ALBANY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT | 6.12 |
| ALCOVE RESERVOIR | 7.27 |
| DELMAR | 8.15 |
| NWS - ALBANY | 5.45 |
| VOORHEESVILLE | 8.40 |
| . | . |
| COLUMBIA COUNTY | . |
| COPAKE | 5.45 |
| KINDERHOOK | 6.98 |
| STUYVESANT | 6.29 |
| . | . |
| DUTCHESS COUNTY | . |
| MILLBROOK | 5.64 |
| POUGHKEEPSIE | 5.25 |
| RED HOOK | 4.81 |
| RHINEBECK | 4.79 |
| STORMVILLE | 11.02 |
| . | . |
| FULTON COUNTY | |
| GLOVERSVILLE | 3.38 |
| . | . |
| GREENE COUNTY | . |
| CAIRO | 12.21 |
| PLATTE CLOVE | 8.58 |
| PRATTSVILLE | 6.90 |
| WINDHAM | 9.36 |
| . | . |
| HAMILTON COUNTY | . |
| INDIAN LAKE | 3.68 |
| . | . |
| HERKIMER COUNTY | |
| CHEPACHET | 5.09 |
| . | . |
| RENSSELAER COUNTY | |
| BERLIN | 5.71 |
| MELROSE | 5.41 |
| . | . |
| SARATOGA COUNTY | . |
| CLIFTON PARK | 5.50 |
| CONKLINVILLE | 4.36 |
| ROUND LAKE | 5.22 |
| . | . |
| SCHENECTADY COUNTY | . |
| GLENVILLE | 4.60 |
| NISKAYUNA | 6.90 |
| ROTTERDAM | 6.85 |
| . | . |
| SCHOHARIE COUNTY | . |
| CARLISLE | 5.70 |
| COBLESKILL | 5.55 |
| LANSING MANOR | 3.78 |
| RICHMOND | 5.50 |
| . | . |
| ULSTER COUNTY | . |
| ASHOKAN RESERVOIR WEST | 6.23 |
| ELLENVILLE | 6.78 |
| KINGSTON | 4.56 |
| PHOENICIA | 5.91 |
| SLIDE MOUNTAIN | 6.57 |
| . | . |
| WARREN COUNTY | . |
| GLENS FALLS | 4.04 |
| NORTH CREEK | 3.91 |
| . | . |
| WASHINGTON COUNTY | . |
| JACKSON | 5.23 |
| SHUSHAN | 5.30 |
| WHITEHALL | 3.40 |
| . | . |
| IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS | . |
| . | . |
| DALTON | 2.76 |
| FLORIDA | 4.86 |
| LENOX DALE | 3.56 |
| WEST OTIS | 5.22 |
| . | . |
| IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT | . |
| . | . |
| BAKERSVILLE | 8.28 |
| BULLS BRIDGE | 7.89 |
| COLEBROOK DAM | 6.35 |
| FALLS VILLAGE | 5.20 |
| NORFOLK | 6.87 |
| WIGWAM | 8.10 |
| WOODBURY | 7.78 |
| . | . |
| IN SOUTHERN VERMONT | . |
| . | . |
| BENNINGTON COUNTY | . |
| BENNINGTON | 2.91 |
| BRATTLEBORO | 5.70 |
| PERU | 4.76 |
| POWNAL | 4.54 |
| SUNDERLAND | 3.89 |
| . | . |
| WINDHAM COUNTY | . |
| BALL MOUNTAIN | 4.68 |
| TOWNSHEND DAM | 5.63 |
| . | . |
Rainfall for Floyd
Red areas indicate 9 inches or more. Maximum rainfall Cairo in Greene County 12.21 inches and in Dutchess County, Stormville 11.02 inches.
FLOYD LASHES THE AREA WITH PLENTY OF WIND
AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE FLOYD PASSED BY THE REGION...STRONG WINDS
BUFFETED THE REGION WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES AND TREES
DOWNED. SOME OF THE TREES THAT WERE FELLED WERE THE RESULT OF THE
GROUND BEING SOFTENED DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF RAIN THAT WAS
EXPERIENCED ACROSS THE REGION. A COMPLETE REPORT OF THE REGIONS
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL FOLLOW LATER THIS MORNING.
THE FOLLOWING ARE ACTUAL MEASURED WIND REPORTS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS
AROUND THE REGION. SEVERAL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED THAT HAD HIGHER
WIND SPEEDS...HOWEVER THESE WERE ESTIMATES AND THEREFORE NOT INCLUDED
IN THIS LIST.
AS OF 8 AM THIS MORNING...
LOCATION SPEED DATE/TIME
ALBANY AIRPORT......49 MPH 16TH AT 704 PM
GLENS FALLS.............46 MPH 16TH AT 1118 PM
NWS AT ALBANY........45 MPH 16TH AT 430 PM
BURLINGTON VT........43 MPH 17TH AT 555 AM
FLORIDA MA................43 MPH 16TH
POUGHKEEPSIE.........40 MPH 16TH AT 945 PM
BENNINGTON VT........36 MPH 17TH AT 500 AM
RUTLAND VT...............35 MPH 17TH AT 635 AM
SCHENECTADY...........35 MPH 16TH AT 952 PM
PITTSFIELD MA............30 MPH 16TH AT 734 PM
LOCAL STORM REPORT ON WIND DAMAGE IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1000 AM EDT FRI SEP 17 1999
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM MILLBROOK....................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 DUTCHESS......................NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
DOWN COUNTY WIDE WHICH BEGAN 300 PM AND CONTINUED
OVERNIGHT.
0300 PM HOOSICK.........................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 RENSSELAER...................NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY WHICH BEGAN AROUND
300 PM AND CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0500 PM CHATHAM....................... NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 COLUMBIA....................... NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY WHICH BEGAN AROUND 500 PM AND
CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0530 PM CATSKILL........................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 GREENE...........................NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND WIRES ACROSS COUNTY WHICH BEGAN BETWEEN 500
AND 600 PM AND CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0630 PM ALBANY............................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 ALBANY..............................MANY REPORTS OF TREES AND
WIREES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY BEGINNING 630 PM AND
CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0730 PM NEW PALTZ.....................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 ULSTER.............................MANY TREES AND WIRES
ACROSS COUNTY. ROOFS BLOWN OFF HOUSES. MANY BACK
ROADS BLOCKED BY TREES. STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN NEW PALTZ. DAMAGE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0740 PM GLENS FALLS...................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 WARREN.............................MANY REPORTS OF TREES AND
WIRES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. DAMAGE CONTINUED
OVERNIGHT.
0740 PM GRANVILLE.........................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 WASHINGTON......................MANY REPORTS OF TREES AND
WIRES DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. DAMAGE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0740 PM MALTA..................................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 SARATOGA...........................MANY REPORTS OF TREES AND
WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE. DAMAGE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0740 PM BRATTLEBORO....................VT NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 WINDHAM...............................TREE DOWN ACROSS ROAD.
POWER OUTAGES ACROSS COUNTY.
0750 PM BENNINGTON........................VT NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 BENNINGTON..........................NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN ACROSS COUNTY. DAMAGE CONTINUED OVERNIGHT.
0825 PM DALTON..................................MA NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 BERKSHIRE.............................TREES AND WIRES DOWN CLOSE
TO PITTSFIELD. SOME ROADS CLOSED DUE TO TREES ACROSS
ROAD.
0825 PM NEW MILFORD........................CT NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 LITCHFIELD..............................TREE FELL ACROSS
ROAD...THEN CAR RAN INTO TREE.
0830 PM SCHENECTADY........................NY NON TSTM WINDS
09/16/99 SCHENECTADY.........................NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES
AND WIRES DOWN WHICH CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT.