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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
553 PM EDT Mon Aug 19 2019

...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONFIRMS DOWNBURST IN MALTA, NY...

LOCATION...MALTA, SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK

DATE...AUGUST 18, 2019

ESTIMATED TIME...635 PM

MAXIMUM EF SCALE RATING...N/A

ESTIMATED MAXIMUM WIND SPEED...90 MPH

ESTIMATED PATH WIDTH...0.75 MILE

PATH LENGTH...1.7 MILES

BEGINNING LAT/LON NORTH...42.96/-73.82
BEGINNING LAT/LON SOUTH...42.95/-73.82

ENDING LAT/LON NORTH...42.96/-73.78
ENDING LAT/LON SOUTH...42.95/-73.78

* FATALITIES...0
* INJURIES...0

* THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
  CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN
  NWS STORM DATA.

...SUMMARY...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEAM CONDUCTED A STORM SURVEY OF
IMPACTS FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT IMPACTED AREAS EITHER SIDE
OF THE ADIRONDACK NORTHWAY BETWEEN EXITS 11 AND 12 LAST EVENING.

THE TEAM CONFIRMED A MICROBURST OCCURRED IN AN AREA ROUGHLY
BOUNDED BY RUHLE ROAD ON THE WEST AND ROUTE 9 ON THE EAST. THE
AREA OF GREATEST DAMAGE - AND STRONGEST WINDS - WAS LOCATED ON THE
EAST SIDE OF THE NORTHWAY IN THE MALTA GARDENS AND WOODFIELD
COMMUNITIES. HERE SEVERAL LARGE HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES WERE
SNAPPED AND UPROOTED. SOME OF THESE TREES LANDED ON HOMES AND
CARS. NO DIRECT WIND DAMAGE TO HOMES OR BUSINESSES WAS OBSERVED.
BASED ON THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE, WIND SPEEDS WERE ESTIMATED AT 90
MPH.

WITHIN THE MICROBURST AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE NORTHWAY, A
FEW TREES WERE DOWNED. WIND SPEEDS HERE WERE LESS, ON THE ORDER
OF 70 MPH.

FOR REFERENCE...

A MICROBURST IS A THUNDERSTORM DOWNDRAFT WITH AN AFFECTED OUTFLOW
AREA OF LESS THAN 2.5 MILES WIDE AND PEAK WINDS LASTING LESS THAN
5 MINUTES. MICROBURSTS OFTEN RESULT IN TREE AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.
MICROBURSTS PRODUCE STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS ARE
ANY WINDS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ROTATION, USED MAINLY TO
DIFFERENTIATE THEM FROM TORNADIC WINDS.

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