Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 16, 1990, 10:40 PM EST for Franklin County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 1990, 10:40 PM EST (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 1990, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Franklin 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 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KALB 170344
FFWALB
NYC033-089-171000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1040 PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK
ST. LAWRENCE AND NORTHWEST FRANKLIN
AT 1030 PM LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ON
THE ST. REGIS RIVER. AN ICE JAM NEAR BRASHER FALLS HAS
BACKED UP WATER. THE WATER LEVEL WAS 25 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AND THE
LOCAL SEWAGE PLANT IS 2 1/2 UNDER WATER. CONGRESS STREET IN
BRASHER FALLS WAS IMPASSABLE. SEVERAL HOMES WERE BEING EVACUATED
AND NUMEROUS NIAGARA MOHAWK POLES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY THE
SWIFT CURRENT.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE OVER ROADS COVERED BY FLOOD WATERS.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, 10:33 PM EST, 7 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP B
1033PM EST FRI MAR 16 1990
BCTN WLSR APTS
01074 FILE 28 SP CANTON NY1440100 MAR 16-90
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FLOOD EVENT
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
( ) - STREAM/RIVER NEAR BANKFUL
( ) - STREAM/RIVER AT BANKFULL READY TO FLOOD
(X) - FLOODING ACTUALLY OCCURING
( ) - FLOODING IS CONFINED TO FLOOD PLAIN, NO IMMENIENT DAMAGE
(X) - FLOODING IS/ABOUT TO EFFECT REAL PROPERTY
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): CONGRESS ST, BRASHER FALLS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 9-45 PM MARCH 16-90
NAME OF STREAM/RIVER:ST REGIS RIVER
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: WATER LEVEL AT THIS TIME IS APPROX
25 FEET ABOVE NORMAL - SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS 2 1/2 FEET UNDER WATER
CONGRESS ST IS IMPASSABLE - TWO HOMES ARE BEING EVACUATED - NUMEROUS
NIAGARA MOHAWK POLES HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN DUE TO THE WATER CURRENT
REMARKS: FLOODING CAUSED BY ICE JAMS - UNKNOWN EXPECTED DURATION OF
FLOODING - LOCAL FIRE DEPT MONITORING
AUTH PHONE #: 315 265-4222
AUTH SGT LARRY J DISHAW WOOD 10-32 PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 5:00 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Franklin | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.