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Severe Thunderstorms and Possible Flooding Through This Weekend in the Central U.S.

Severe thunderstorms are forecast through this weekend along a slow moving cold front and secondary storm system that will impact areas from the southern Plains to the Great Lakes. Large hail and isolated damaging wind gusts are the main threats with these storms along with a risk for heavy to excessive rainfall which could bring flooding. Read More >

2022

An overview and verification of two terrain-influenced snowstorms in eastern New York - Mike Evans - NESC

 

2020

Understanding frequent lightning environments across  the National Weather Service Albany, NY county warning area - Christina Speciale - AMS

The 20 July 2019 High-CAPE-low-shear severe weather event in eastern New York - Mike Evans - Northeast  Storm Conference

The multi-hazard severe event of 21 August 2019 across eastern New York and western New England - Tom Wasula - Northeast Storm Conference

Operational use of data from the New York mesonet at  WFO Albany, NY - Mike Evans - NWA annual meeting

 

2019

The multi-hazard severe event of 21 August 2019 across eastern  New York and western New England - Tom Wasula

Recent examples of using specific differential phase to help predict severe thunderstorm wind damage - Brian Frugis

The use of a GIS application to evaluate the accuracy of forecaster and model predictions of snowfall in eastern NY and western New England - Joe Villani, Mike Evans, Vasil Koleci and Charles Gant

 

2018

Use of A GIS Application to Evaluate Snowfall Pattern and the Accuracy of Forecaster and Model Predictions of Snowfall in Eastern NY and Western New England - Joe Villani, Vasil Koleci, Mike Evans and Charles Gant

Analyzing the Role of Low-level Forcing in  Significant Severe Weather Outbreaks in the Eastern U.S. - Neil Stuart and Joe Cebulko

Albany Forecast Areas Significant Hail Climatology and Case Studies - Tom Wasula, Brian Frugis and Dan Thompson

A multi-scale analysis of the 18 May 2017 Severe Weather Event Across Eastern New York and Western New England - Tom Wasula, Brian Frugis and Mike Evans

Using Specific Differential Phase to Predict Significant Severe Thunderstorm Wind Damage Across the Northeastern United States - Brian Frugis

A Multi-scale Analysis of the 15 May 2018 Severe Weather Outbreak in the Northeaster United States - Dan Thompson and Joe Cebulko 

 

2017

Examining Methods to Accurately Predict Significant Severe Thunderstorm Wind Damage Across the Northeastern United States - Brian Frugis

 

2015

Updated Radar-Based Techniques for Tornado Warning Guidance in the Northeastern United States - Brian Frugis and Tom Wasula

A Gridded Snowfall Verification Method Using ArcGIS: Zone-Based Verification and Seasonal Bias Maps - Joe Villani, Vasil Koleci and Ian Lee

 

2014

The 100th Anniversary of the 1914 Record Flood at Schenectady - Steve DiRienzo and Britt Westergard

 

2013

An Updated Version of the V-R Shear Technique for Issuing Tornado Warnings Using 8-Bit High Resolution Radar Data - Brian Frugis and Tom Wasula

A Storm-Scale Analysis of the 29 May 2013 Tornado Event Across East-Central New York - Tom Wasula, Brian Frugis, Ian Lee and Luigi Meccariello

A Storm-Scale-Analysis of the 29 May 2012 Null Tornado Watch Across Eastern New York and Western New England - Tom Wasula and Brian Frugis

 

2012

Use of the Albany Hail Study to Predict Large Hail During the 16 May 2012 and 29 May 2012 Severe Weather Episodes - Brian Frugis and Tom Wasula

The 4 September 2011 Tornado in Eastern New York: An Example for Updating Tornado Warning Strategies - Brian Frugis and Tom Wasula

The June 1, 2011 Hail Monster Event Across Eastern New York and Western New England - Tom Wasula, Brian Frugis and Neil Stuart

The May 26-27, 2010 Eastern New York and Western New England Backdoor Cold Front Severe Weather Event - Tom Wasula, Brian Frugis and Neil Stuart

 

2010

A Storm-Scale Analysis of 16 June 2008 Significant Severe Weather Event Across New York and Western New England - Tom Wasula

An Application of a Cutoff Low Forecaster Pattern Recognition Model to the 30 June - 2 July 2009 Significant Event for the Northeast - Tom Wasula,, Neil Stuart, M.A. Scalora, L.F. Bosart, and D. Keyser