Western NY Gets Wind, Hail

Slow-moving storms lumbered across Western NY yesterday evening, producing about a dozen wind damage reports along with one hail report. A couple of these storms also produced localized flooding in isolated areas. At one point, the doppler radar observed a cell south of Rochester producing rainfall at a rate of 3.5 - 4 inches per hour!

06/13/2008


The weakening system is heading east today, which will hopefully give the rest of NYS some action before it moves on. Most of the storms will be garden variety, but a few might become severe. The main concern for today is localized flooding, as storms will likely move very slowly due to weak upper-level winds.

Skies are clear here in Albany, which was expected. The storms are supposed to hit us in the early evening, which is good because I have to work until 5:00pm, so hopefully I won't miss anything.