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WWUS71 KBGM 280805 NPWBGM URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 405 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ..INTENSE EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM WILL BRING HIGH WINDS TO UPSTATE NEW YORK AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA... NYZ022>025-044>046-055>057-062-PAZ038>040-043-044-047-048-072- 281615- /O.UPG.KBGM.HW.A.0002.061029T0000Z-061030T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBGM.WI.Y.0008.061029T0000Z-061030T0000Z/ STEUBEN-SCHUYLER-CHEMUNG-TOMPKINS-CORTLAND-CHENANGO-OTSEGO-TIOGA- BROOME-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-BRADFORD-SUSQUEHANNA-NORTHERN WAYNE- WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-PIKE-SOUTHERN WAYNE- 405 AM EDT SAT OCT 28 2006 ..WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY. LOW PRESSURE, THAT STRETCHED FROM EASTERN LAKE ERIE SOUTH TO NEAR PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS MORNING, WILL TRACK ACROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK THIS MORNING AND BECOME A MAJOR EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM AS IT REACHES FAR SOUTHWESTERN QUEBEC BY THIS EVENING. THE STORM WILL THEN REMAIN STATIONARY OVER WESTERN QUEBEC AS IT CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT...BEFORE LIFTING NORTHEASTWARD AWAY FROM NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA SUNDAY. THIS STORM WILL SWEEP A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR TO CENTRAL NEW YORK...NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE WESTERN CATSKILLS ON STRONG WEST WINDS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF SUNDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY. WEST WINDS WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN MANY PLACES. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE MOST LIKELY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET IN THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS AND OVER THE HILLS OF THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK AND THE NORTHERN TIER OF PENNSYLVANIA. A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO WATCH OUT FOR DEBRIS IN ROADWAYS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. USE EXTRA CAUTION. WINDS OF THE MAGNITUDE CAN ALSO DOWN SHALLOW ROOTED TREES AND KNOCK DOWN TREE BRANCHES CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE IMPENDING HIGH WINDS...STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV. $$ NICOSIA WWWW
| EMERGENCY SERVICES REPORTS (newest to oldest) |
SXUS41 KALY 291712 STONY4 NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP D 1213PM SUN OCT 29 2006 10330 FILE 28 LEWIS CO SO LOWVILLE NY0240000 OCT 29-06 TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROAD CONDITION REPORT FOR DATE: 10/29/06 TIME: 12- PM COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: LEWIS HIGHWAY(S) AFFECTED: EAST MARTINSBURG ROAD CONDITION(S): ROAD FLOODED ANTICIPATED RETURN TO NORMAL CONDITION: / / TIME: - M SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTE(S): MARKOWSKI ROAD AUTH MARTIN, FC1 JAMES SENT/ORTLIEB 1212
| PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS (LSRs) |
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG NEW HYDE PARK 40.73N 73.69W 10/28/2006 NASSAU NY PUBLIC LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN ON COVERT AVE. 1050 AM FLOOD N MIDDLETOWN 41.45N 74.42W 10/28/2006 ORANGE NY TRAINED SPOTTER NUMEROUS BASEMENTS FLOODED JUST NORTH OF MIDDLETOWN 1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG GROTON 41.34N 72.08W 10/28/2006 NEW LONDON CT LAW ENFORCEMENT WIRES DOWN ON MYSTIC DRAW BRIDGE/TREE FELL ON CAR ON ROUTE 27 NEAR PEQUOT TRAIL/WIND GUST TO 52 MPH 1100 AM FLOOD BROOKFIELD 41.46N 73.42W 10/28/2006 FAIRFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER STILL RIVER OVER ITS BANKS WITH MINOR FLOODING 1109 AM FLOOD KINGSTON 41.93N 74.00W 10/28/2006 ULSTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER SAWMILL CREEK OVER SAWKILL ROAD AT JOCKEY HILL ROAD. SOME STREET FLOODING IN CITY OF KINGSTON. SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN ULSTER COUNTY...SOME IN NEW PALTZ. 1111 AM FLOOD BOICEVILLE 42.00N 74.26W 10/28/2006 ULSTER NY AIRPLANE PILOT ESOPUS CREEK OUT OF ITS BANKS AT BOICEVILLE NEAR ROUTE 28. FLOODING IN WOODED AREA...NOT TO ROADS YET. 1115 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG WEST HAVEN 41.27N 72.97W 10/28/2006 NEW HAVEN CT PUBLIC WIND GUST TO 66 MPH AT BRADLEY POINT 1250 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 E EAST QUOGUE 40.85N 72.56W 10/28/2006 SUFFOLK NY LAW ENFORCEMENT SIGNIFICANT ROAD CLOSURES 0156 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG LINDENHURST 40.69N 73.37W 10/28/2006 SUFFOLK NY PUBLIC FEW TREES UPROOTED WITH DOWNED POWER LINES 0220 PM FLOOD NEW PALTZ 41.75N 74.08W 10/28/2006 ULSTER NY LAW ENFORCEMENT SPRINGTOWN RD. CLOSED BETWEEN KLEINE KILL DR. AND DUG RD. DUE TO FLOODING. 0620 PM FLOOD ULSTERVILLE 41.63N 74.34W 10/28/2006 ULSTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER SHAWANGUNK KILL AND VERKEERDER KILL CREEKS ARE FLOODING THE TOWN ROAD. 0800 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG NEW PALTZ 41.75N 74.08W 10/28/2006 ULSTER NY LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES AND WIRES DOWN. 0930 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG PERRYSBURG 42.46N 79.00W 10/28/2006 CATTARAUGUS NY TRAINED SPOTTER 12 INCH DIAMETER...20 FOOT TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO PERSONAL VEHICLE. 1006 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG MIDTOWN MANHATTAN 40.77N 73.97W 10/28/2006 NEW YORK NY CO-OP OBSERVER PARTIAL SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE WITH 1 INJURY ON 154 BROOME STREET IN MANHATTAN 1010 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG UNION 40.70N 74.27W 10/28/2006 UNION NJ CO-OP OBSERVER TREE ON A HOUSE ON 1297 GLENN AVENUE IN UNION TWP 1158 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG LIDO BEACH 40.59N 73.61W 10/28/2006 NASSAU NY TRAINED SPOTTER LIMBS DOWN AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE ON PRIVATE HOMES, WIND GUST TO 54 MPH 0144 AM NON-TSTM WND GST BARKER 43.33N 78.55W 10/29/2006 M60 MPH NIAGARA NY MESONET GUST TO 60 MPH 0330 AM NON-TSTM WND GST OSWEGO 43.46N 76.50W 10/29/2006 M67 MPH OSWEGO NY TRAINED SPOTTER 0445 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG GROTON 41.34N 72.08W 10/29/2006 NEW LONDON CT TRAINED SPOTTER IN NOANK SECTION OF TOWN, TREE FELL ONTO PARKED UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE BRINGING WIRES DOWN 1007 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 N YONKERS 40.96N 73.87W 10/29/2006 WESTCHESTER NY TRAINED SPOTTER DOWNED WIRES ON INTERSTATE 87 SOUTHBOUND EXITS 5 AND 6 1014 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG GUILFORD 42.82N 72.58W 10/29/2006 WINDHAM VT LAW ENFORCEMENT TREES AND WIRES DOWN ON WEATHERHEAD ROAD. 1020 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON 40.99N 73.88W 10/29/2006 WESTCHESTER NY PUBLIC POWER LINES DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON AVE. AND WARBURTON AVE. 1100 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG SCHOHARIE 42.67N 74.31W 10/29/2006 SCHOHARIE NY TRAINED SPOTTER TREES AND WIRES DOWN. 1157 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG ROCHESTER 43.17N 77.62W 10/29/2006 MONROE NY BROADCAST MEDIA EAST AVE IN ROCHESTER. LARGE AWNING LIFTED OVER ROOF OF A BUILDING. WIND GUST TO 49 MPH REPORTED BY SPOTTER FOR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA STATION. 1200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ORIENT 41.14N 72.30W 10/28/2006 SUFFOLK NY PUBLIC TREE LIMBS DOWN, POWER OUT AT TIMES, WIND GUST TO 54 MPH 1220 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG HIGHMARKET 43.58N 75.53W 10/29/2006 LEWIS NY TRAINED SPOTTER TREES AND WIRES DOWN FROM WIND. 0100 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG GROTON 41.34N 72.08W 10/29/2006 NEW LONDON CT TRAINED SPOTTER POWER LINES DOWN IN GROTON LONG POINT...POQUONNOCK BRIDGE...WASHINGTON PARK...AND MOHAWK DRIVE 0105 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG RAMSEY 41.06N 74.15W 10/29/2006 BERGEN NJ TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. HOUSES EVACUATED BY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS 0200 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG OSWEGO 43.46N 76.50W 10/29/2006 OSWEGO NY TRAINED SPOTTER SIGN BLOWN DOWN ON SUNY OSWEGO CAMPUS AND SOME ROOF DAMAGE DONE TO STUDENT UNION BUILDING. 0600 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG TENAFLY 40.92N 73.96W 10/28/2006 BERGEN NJ PUBLIC LARGE BRANCHES DOWN LOCALLY AS WELL AS A FEW UTILITY POLES 0633 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG AMSTERDAM 42.94N 74.19W 10/29/2006 MONTGOMERY NY NEWSPAPER TREES/WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
| MEASURED WIND SPEEDS |
===================== NEW HAMPSHIRE ===================== At the summit of Mount Washington (6288 feet above sea level) a sustained wind of 133 mph and gust of 155 mph were recorded between 12:50 am and 1:46 am Monday, October 30, 2006. Freezing fog and blowing snow were reported.
======================= NEW YORK ========================
LOCATION MAXIMUM WIND TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SPEED OF
(MPH) MEASUREMENT
...ALBANY COUNTY...
ALBANY 48 900 AM 10/29 AIRPORT
ALBANY 39 516 PM 10/28 AIRPORT
...BRONX COUNTY...
BRONX 48 945 AM 10/28 PUBLIC
...BROOME COUNTY...
MAINE (NWS BGM) 46
...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY...
RANDOLPH 53 1227 AM 10/29
...CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...
DUNKIRK 46 1225 AM 10/29
EDEN 53 103 AM 10/29
WESTFIELD 50 130 AM 10/29
...CHEMUNG COUNTY...
ELMIRA-CORNING APT 45
...CORTLAND COUNTY...
MARATHON 43
...DUTCHESS COUNTY...
POUGHKEEPSIE 40 842 AM 10/29 AIRPORT
POUGHKEEPSIE 36 521 AM 10/28 AIRPORT
...ERIE COUNTY...
BUFFALO 49 903 AM 10/29
...GENESEE COUNTY...
ALEXANDER 49 128 AM 10/29
...HERKIMER COUNTY...
DOLGEVILLE 42 1132 AM 10/29 SPOTTER
...JEFFERSON COUNTY...
WATERTOWN 54 841 AM 10/29
...KINGS COUNTY...
SHEEPSHEAD BAY 38 938 AM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...MADISON COUNTY...
MADISON 52
...MONROE COUNTY...
ROCHESTER 51 944 AM 10/29
...NASSAU COUNTY...
BELLMORE 33 940 PM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
LIDO BEACH 54 1158 PM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
FARMINGDALE 48 929 AM 10/29 ASOS
MERRICK 43 1200 PM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...NEW YORK COUNTY...
NYC/CENTRAL PARK 46 1222 PM 10/29 ASOS
...NIAGARA COUNTY...
NIAGARA FALLS 45 1205 AM 10/29
LEWISTON 46 123 AM 10/29
BARKER 60 144 AM 10/29
...ONEIDA COUNTY...
UTICA (COUNTY APT) 52
...ONONDAGA COUNTY...
FAYETTEVILLE 51
SYRACUSE (AIRPORT) 51
...ORANGE COUNTY...
MONTGOMERY 44 1146 AM 10/29 ASOS
...OSWEGO COUNTY...
FULTON 55 405 AM 10/29
...QUEENS COUNTY...
NYC/JFK ARPT 54 928 AM 10/28 ASOS
NYC/LA GUARDIA 48 1220 PM 10/29 ASOS
...SCHENECTADY COUNTY...
SCHENECTADY 51 300 PM 10/29 AIRPORT
...SUFFOLK COUNTY...
ORIENT POINT 54 1202 PM 10/28 PUBLIC
ISLIP 46 1019 AM 10/28 ASOS
BAITING HOLLOW 44 1055 AM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
LINDENHURST 44 832 AM 10/28 PUBLIC
CUTCHOGUE 43 927 AM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
WESTHAMPTON BEACH 44 103 AM 10/29 ASOS
SHIRLEY 41 820 AM 10/29 ASOS
ISLIP 46 1200 PM 10/29 SKYWARN SPOTTER
ISLIP TERRACE 36 445 PM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
MONTAUK 38 112 PM 10/29 ASOS
...SULLIVAN COUNTY...
MONTICELLO (CNTY APT) 47
...TOMPKINS COUNTY...
ITHACA (COUNTY APT) 40
...WESTCHESTER COUNTY...
WHITE PLAINS 38 1223 PM 10/29 ASOS
...WARREN COUNTY...
GLENS FALLS 38 850 AM 10/29 AIRPORT
...YATES COUNTY...
PENN YAN 41
===================== PENNSYLVANIA ======================
...BRADFORD COUNTY...
ROME 41 MPH
...LACKAWANNA COUNTY...
MOSCOW 42 MPH
...LUZERNE COUNTY...
HAZLETON 55 MPH
EXETER 43 MPH
AVOCA (W-B/SCR APT) 39 MPH
...WAYNE COUNTY...
DAMASCUS 42 MPH
===================== CONNECTICUT =======================
...FAIRFIELD COUNTY...
BRIDGEPORT 43 1111 AM 10/29 ASOS
DANBURY 39 1036 AM 10/28 ASOS
GREENWICH 39 315 PM 10/28 PUBLIC
...NEW HAVEN COUNTY...
NEW HAVEN/TWEED 45 1100 AM 10/28 ASOS
MERIDEN 41 1052 AM 10/28 ASOS
WALLINGFORD 38 110 PM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...NEW LONDON COUNTY...
GROTON/NEW LONDON 52 1155 AM 10/28 ASOS
====================== NEW JERSEY =========================
...BERGEN COUNTY...
TETERBORO 47 950 AM 10/28 ASOS
BERGENFIELD 43 555 PM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
...ESSEX COUNTY...
NEWARK 54 116 PM 10/29 ASOS
CALDWELL 40 1141 AM 10/29 ASOS
...HUDSON COUNTY...
UNION CITY 52 810 AM 10/28 AWS
JERSEY CITY 51 1200 PM 10/28 PUBLIC
JERSEY CITY 49 730 AM 10/28 AWS
HARRISON 41 148 PM 10/28 CO-OP
JERSEY CITY 40 110 PM 10/28 SKYWARN SPOTTER
=================== MASSACHUSETTS ====================
...BERKSHIRE COUNTY...
PERU 47 1100 AM 10/29 SPOTTER
PITTSFIELD 45 1132 AM 10/29 AIRPORT
NORTH ADAMS 43 520 PM 10/28 AIRPORT
NORTH ADAMS 43 608 AM 10/29 AIRPORT
====================== VERMONT =======================
...BENNINGTON COUNTY...
BENNINGTON 47 518 PM 10/28 AIRPORT
BENNINGTON 45 440 AM 10/29 AIRPORT
| SNOWFALL TOTALS |
NOUS41 KALY 301928 PNSALY CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-302000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT SPOTTER REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY & BUFFALO NY 227 PM EST MON OCT 30 2006 THE FOLLOWING ARE UNOFFICIAL OBSERVATIONS OF TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT WHICH OCCURRED ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 29TH. APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS...SKYWARN SPOTTERS AND MEDIA FOR THESE REPORTS. THIS SUMMARY IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR HOME PAGE AT WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY ********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL******************** LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS SNOWFALL OF (INCHES) MEASUREMENT NEW YORK ...HAMILTON COUNTY... INDIAN LAKE 11.0 700 AM 10/30 SPOTTER BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE 10.5 1130 PM 10/29 MEDIA RAQUETTE LAKE 10.0 700 AM 10/30 SPOTTER SPECULATOR 5.0 140 PM 10/29 MEDIA OXBOW LAKE 4.0 432 PM 10/29 SPOTTER PISECO 3.3 700 AM 10/30 COOP ...HERKIMER COUNTY... OLD FORGE 16.0 700 AM 10/30 COOP BIG MOOSE 13.8 700 AM 10/30 COOP STILLWATER RESERVR 7.5 700 AM 10/30 COOP ...WARREN COUNTY... BEAR MOUNTAIN 3200 FT 12.0 700 AM 10/30 MEDIA BAKERS MILLS 4.0 700 AM 10/30 MEDIA NORTH CREEK 3.0 700 AM 10/20 MEDIA ...LEWIS COUNTY... HIGHMARKET 11.6 908 PM 10/29 3.7 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT SINCE FRIDAY. BARNES CORNERS 3.0 1215 PM 10/29 VSBY 400-500FT ...CATTARAUGUS COUNTY... ELLICOTTVILLE 4.0 821 AM 10/29