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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY

March 16, 1990Franklin County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1990-03-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1990-03-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 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
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

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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 PM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 5:00 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningALYFranklin4 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.