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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albany, NY

May 16, 1989Dutchess County, Greene County, Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 16, 1989, 7:03 PM EDT for Dutchess County, Greene County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1989, 7:03 PM EDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1989, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dutchess County, NY, Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1989-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1341 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 16, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP Q
0454PM EDT TUE MAY 16 1989
QUAL WLSR ALSP ALPD QNIP QEMO
04009        FILE 28   NYSPIN EDP NY10100Q1   MAY 16-89
TO           ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, SHERIFF'S OFFICES
             AND STATE POLICE STATIONS
             COPY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) ALBANY NY
             COPY STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE (SEMO)

WIDE AREAS OF NEW YORK STATE ARE IN EITHER A FLOOD WATCH OR
FLOOD WARNING CONDITION.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND SEMO REQUEST INPUT FROM ALL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AS CONDITIONS DEVELOP WHEREIN FLOODING
AFFECTS HIGHWAYS, SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS.  TIMELY REPORTING
OF INFORMATION MAY SAVE LIVES AND MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF FLOOD
CONDITIONS ON THE GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY.

IF YOU OBSERVE LOCAL FLOODING OR ROADS CLOSING DUE TO HIGH
WATER, PLEASE SEND A MESSAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AND SEMO.  USE THE SCREEN FORMATS AVAILABLE UNDER THE MENU OR
REQUEST SCREENS USING THE FOLLOWING:

"WSTO" - TO REPORT ROAD CLOSINGS.  THIS MESSAGE IS DELIVERED
         AUTOMATICALLY TO ALL RADIO AND TV STATIONS THAT HAVE
         NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINES.  YOU HAVE A POWERFUL
         TOOL FOR REROUTING TRAFFIC.

"WLSR" - UNDER THIS MENU THERE ARE SPECIFIC MESSAGES THAT RELATE
         TO FLOOD CONDITIONS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO PROPER FORECASTING.

PLEASE HELP NYSPIN, NWS AND SEMO BY INPUTING ACCURATE INFORMATNION
USING THE SCREEN FORMATS.

AUTH NYSPIN STAFF       DORSCH      4-50 PM



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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.