Warm and increasingly humid air moved into New York and western New England over the weekend. As a cold front approached the region from the west on Monday, it touched off severe thunderstorms. A line of severe storm developed across southwest New York and western Pennsylvania early in the morning and moved steadily east. Locally severe storms developed ahead of the main line, across the Upper Hudson Valley during the early afternoon. During the mid afternoon the main line of storms swept through the Eastern New York and western New England producing many reports of damaging winds.
Preliminary Local Storm Report
Damage survey from Walsh Rd. in town of Saratoga
Weather Maps - Click to get image (from SPC)
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...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
632 PM EDT MON JUN 06 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1252 PM TSTM WND DMG INDIAN LAKE 43.78N 74.27W
06/06/2005 HAMILTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN
0112 PM HAIL GALWAY 43.02N 74.03W
06/06/2005 0.75 INCH SARATOGA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0130 PM TSTM WND DMG BALLSTON CENTER 42.96N 73.87W
06/06/2005 SARATOGA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
0152 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W QUEENSBURY 43.38N 73.63W
06/06/2005 WARREN NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY-WIDE
0200 PM HAIL SARATOGA SPRINGS 43.07N 73.78W
06/06/2005 0.75 INCH SARATOGA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
AT EXIT 14 OF NORTHWAY I-87
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG SALISBURY CENTER 43.14N 74.79W
06/06/2005 HERKIMER NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN.
0215 PM TSTM WND DMG POLAND 43.23N 75.06W
06/06/2005 HERKIMER NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREE DOWN.
0226 PM TSTM WND DMG JEFFERSON 42.48N 74.61W
06/06/2005 SCHOHARIE NY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0237 PM TSTM WND DMG CANAJOHARIE 42.90N 74.57W
06/06/2005 MONTGOMERY NY EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0237 PM TSTM WND DMG MINDENVILLE 42.99N 74.72W
06/06/2005 MONTGOMERY NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0240 PM TSTM WND DMG MAYFIELD 43.10N 74.27W
06/06/2005 FULTON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0244 PM TSTM WND DMG FORT ANN 43.42N 73.49W
06/06/2005 WASHINGTON NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TRES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0244 PM HAIL GREENWICH 43.09N 73.50W
06/06/2005 0.75 INCH WASHINGTON NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0308 PM TSTM WND DMG DURHAM 42.40N 74.17W
06/06/2005 GREENE NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES DOWN
0310 PM HAIL WEST RUPERT 43.24N 73.24W
06/06/2005 1.00 INCH BENNINGTON VT TRAINED SPOTTER
0310 PM TSTM WND DMG GLOVERSVILLE 43.05N 74.35W
06/06/2005 FULTON NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN COUNTY WIDE
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG PALATINE BRIDGE 42.91N 74.58W
06/06/2005 MONTGOMERY NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES DOWN
0315 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH BLENHEIM 42.47N 74.44W
06/06/2005 SCHOHARIE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
ROOF OFF HOME. TREES DOWN.
0328 PM HAIL DORSET 43.26N 73.10W
06/06/2005 1.00 INCH BENNINGTON VT TRAINED SPOTTER
0329 PM TSTM WND DMG ALBANY 42.66N 73.78W
06/06/2005 ALBANY NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG RENSSELAER 42.64N 73.74W
06/06/2005 RENSSELAER NY FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES DOWN
0330 PM TSTM WND DMG OLIVEBRIDGE 41.93N 74.21W
06/06/2005 ULSTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN
0331 PM HAIL SARATOGA SPRINGS 43.07N 73.78W
06/06/2005 1.00 INCH SARATOGA NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0335 PM TSTM WND DMG EAST GREENBUSH 42.59N 73.70W
06/06/2005 RENSSELAER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN
0340 PM TSTM WND DMG CATSKILL 42.21N 73.87W
06/06/2005 GREENE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0342 PM HAIL EASTON 42.99N 73.55W
06/06/2005 0.75 INCH WASHINGTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0343 PM TSTM WND DMG KINGSTON 41.93N 74.00W
06/06/2005 ULSTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN
0345 PM TSTM WND DMG MENANDS 42.69N 73.73W
06/06/2005 ALBANY NY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN
0347 PM HAIL 5 SW CAMBRIDGE 42.98N 73.45W
06/06/2005 1.00 INCH WASHINGTON NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0351 PM HAIL AVERILL PARK 42.63N 73.55W
06/06/2005 0.88 INCH RENSSELAER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
0400 PM TSTM WND DMG POUGHKEEPSIE 41.70N 73.92W
06/06/2005 DUTCHESS NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
0405 PM TSTM WND GST LANESBOROUGH 42.52N 73.23W
06/06/2005 60 MPH BERKSHIRE MA LAW ENFORCEMENT
PICNIC TABLE HURLED THROUGH PLATE GLASS WINDOW.
0406 PM TSTM WND DMG SHAFTSBURY 43.00N 73.19W
06/06/2005 BENNINGTON VT DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN ON ROUTE 7A.
0425 PM TSTM WND DMG ADAMS 42.63N 73.12W
06/06/2005 BERKSHIRE MA EMERGENCY MNGR
14 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN
0426 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH ADAMS 42.69N 73.11W
06/06/2005 BERKSHIRE MA EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
0435 PM TSTM WND DMG LITCHFIELD 41.74N 73.19W
06/06/2005 LITCHFIELD CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWN.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
755 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2005
THIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INVESTIGATED STORM
DAMAGE IN THE TOWN OF SARATOGA...ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF THE CENTER OF
SARATOGA SPRINGS. THE DAMAGE WAS CONCENTRATED ON WALSH ROAD AND WAS
DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF AROUND 60
MPH. THERE WERE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 DOZEN TREES DOWN...ALL IN THE SAME
DIRECTION.
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PUBLIC THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INVESTIGATED STORM DAMAGE IN
CANAJOHARIE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY THIS MORNING. DAMAGE WAS
CONCENTRATED IN THE EAST AND SOUTH PORTIONS OF THE VILLAGE WITH
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN. THE AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDED TOLLGATE
ROAD...WINTERGREEN PARK AND MAPLE AVENUE. THE DAMAGE WAS CAUSED BY
STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WINDS.
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Storm Photos
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From Brent McGrady |
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From Brent McGrady |