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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Albany, NY

March 16, 1990Saratoga County, Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 1990, 12:55 PM EST for Saratoga County, Warren County, New York. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 1990, 12:55 PM EST (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 1990, 3:05 PM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Saratoga County, NY, Warren 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 1990-03-16Temperature 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 1990-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
1278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 161805
FFWALB
NYC091-113-170000-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1255 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

NEW YORK...SARATOGA WARREN

RAPID RISES HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE PAST HOUR ON THE HUDSON RIVER
AT HADLEY...NEW YORK. THE HUDSON RIVER HAS RISEN ALMOST THREE FEET
SINCE NOON.

FLOOD STAGE AT HADLEY IS 14 FEET. AT 1PM THE RIVER WAS 14.0 FEET AND
RISING VERY QUICKLY. RAPIDLY RISING WATER IS LIKELY TO AFFECT PERSONS
IN HADLEY AND LAKE LAZERNE.  THE CAUSE OF THE RAPID RISE IS LIKELY TO
BE AN ICE JAM. PERSONS ALONG THE RIVER NEAR HADLEY AND LAKE LUZERNE
SHOULD MOVE AWAY  FROM THE RIVER.

DON/T DRIVE OVER FLOODED ROADS AND BRIDGES.  WATER ON ROADS MAY
HIDE DANGEROUS WASHOUTS.  ALSO..DON/T TRY TO WADE ACROSS STREAMS
OR RIVERS WHERE THE WATER IS HIGH.  YOU COULD EASILY BE WASHED AWAY.

IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN A FLOODED AREA..ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND
GO TO HIGH GROUND.  RAPIDLY RISING WATER COULD SWEEP IT AWAY.

REPORTS OF FLOODING SHOULD BE GIVEN TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORECMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
ALBANY.

END SCROM

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, Mar 16, 7:50 AM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0751AM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
FLIB WLSR QENC
00318    FILE 28   PD LIBERTY NY0522000              MAR 16-90
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         NYS DEPT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION - BIAM - MR. RICHARD (DOC) TAYLOR

STANDARD HYDROLOGIC EXCHANGE FORMAT

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 03/16/90   TIME OF OBSERVATION:  7:00 AM EDT

OBSERVATION ID #: LBTN6/   PERCIP:f .00 /
WX: 01  /   HIGH TEMP: 78 /   LOW TEMP: 37 /   CURRENT TEMP: 50 /

NEW SNOW:     /   TOTAL SNOW ON GROUND:      /
RIVER:       /
PERCIP YESTERDAY MORNING:     /

REMARKS:

AUTH AND SENT PAUL H LEROY 7-50AM
Local storm report, Mar 16, 7:52 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0753AM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
FLIB WLSR QENC
00319    FILE 28   PD LIBERTY NY0522000              MAR 16-90
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         NYS DEPT ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION - BIAM - MR. RICHARD (DOC) TAYLOR

STANDARD HYDROLOGIC EXCHANGE FORMAT

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 03/16/90   TIME OF OBSERVATION:  7:00 AM EDT

OBSERVATION ID #: LBTN6/   PERCIP:k .00 /
WX: 01  /   HIGH TEMP: 78 /   LOW TEMP: 37 /   CURRENT TEMP: 50 /

NEW SNOW:     /   TOTAL SNOW ON GROUND:      /
RIVER:       /
PERCIP YESTERDAY MORNING:     /

REMARKS:

AUTH AND SENT PAUL H LEROY 7-50AM

Nearby

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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.