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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Albany, NY

October 18, 1990Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 18, 1990, 8:13 PM EDT for Columbia County, Dutchess County, New York. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 18, 1990, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 18, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, NY, Dutchess 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

Atlantic City In, NJ (KACY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 293 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 00:00Z on 1990-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 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, Atlantic City In, NJ at 00:00Z on 1990-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.5

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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

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 3:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
NYZ006>013-018>020-182230-

BULLETIN-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - HIGH WIND WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW YORK THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

WIND GUSTS MAY EXCEED 60 MILES AN HOUR IN SOME WELL EXPOSED
AREAS THROUGH THIS EVENING.  ELSEWHERE...WIND SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30
MILES AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN
HOUR OR MORE.

ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VIOLENT WINDS.

HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...CAMPERS AND TRACTOR-TRAILERS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION.  SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES WILL LIKELY BE BLOWN
DOWN BY THE HIGH WINDS.

A BIG STORM NOW IN ONTARIO IS THE REASON FOR OUR POWERFUL
WINDS.  THE LEADING EDGE OF COLDER AIR...A COLD FRONT...ATTACHED
TO THAT STORM IS MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.  AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE WINDS WILL
SLOW!LY SUBSIDE.

WILEY
Local storm report, Oct 18, 6:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0614PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990
CNWH WLSR APTS
01045    FILE 28   PD NORWICH NY0082400             OCT 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                      ROAD FLOODING
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
(X) - ROAD FLOODING
(X) - ROADSIDE CULVERTS FLOODING
(X) - STORM SEWERS BACKING UP CAUSING LOCAL URBAN FLOODING
( ) - WATER COLLECTING IN LOW LYING UNDERPASSES
( ) - OTHER
LOCATION: LOW STREET AREAS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 10-18-90 505 PM
NEAREST TOWN/CITY: CITY NORWICH
REMARKS: HEAVY RAIN FALL HAS COLLECTED WATER IN STREETS SOMEPLACES
UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP - PRESSURE HAS LIFTED SOME MAN HOLE COVERS
ALSO HIGH WINGS HOWEVER NO DAMAGE AS A RESULT - ROADS PASSABLE
WITH CAUTION ADVISED
AUTH PHONE #: 607 334-2424
AUTH SGT ROBERT D MASON             MASON         6-15 PM
Local storm report, Oct 18, 7:26 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0726PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990
FCAT WLSR
01521        FILE 28   PD CATSKILL NY0192100         OCT 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): VILLAGE OF CATSKILL

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: OCT 18-90 7:00 P.M.
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES DUE TO
HIGH WINDS IN AREA

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 30  MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 518 943-2244
AUTH SGT HARRY SACCO                SACCO         7-25 PM
Local storm report, Oct 18, 7:45 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0744PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990
FQRY WLSR APTS
02862        FILE 28   SP MIDDLETOWN NY1350100       OCT 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TREES DOWN RT 97 T/DERPARK
AND RT 207 T/HAMPTONBURG - ORANGE CO NY
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 7-00 PM
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NUMEROUS TREES & WIRES DOWN IN
ORANGE COUNTY

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE)       ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME)   ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT)      ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG)    ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL)    ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT)  ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD  ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE   ( ) - CROPS
( ) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS  ( ) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     MPH OR    KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:

FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 914 344-5300

AUTH T/SGT CHARLES L HEADY          M SISCO  7-45 PM
Local storm report, Oct 18, 8:04 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0803PM EDT THU OCT 18 1990
FOSO WLSR APTS FCSD
12825    FILE 28   ORANGE COUNTY SO NY0350000        OCT 18-90
TO           NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WINDS/HEAVY RAIN

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: CLOSING OF WOODCOK MOUNTAIN ROAD TOWN OF BLOOMING
GROVE
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 7:00PM
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: STILL ACTIVE
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:

NUMBER KILLED: 0        NUMBER INJURED: 0
REMARKS: NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN WASHINGTONVILLE TOWN OF BLOOMING GROVE
TOWN OF HAMPTONBURGH VILLAGE OF FLORIDA TOWN OF GOSHEN TOWN CRAWFORD PORT JERVIS
VALLEY CENTRAL AREAS PARTS OF TOWN OF NEWBURGH

AUTH PHONE #: 914 294-3303
AUTH SHERIFF ROGER G PHILLIPS/SGT KOHOL      DEP GAMBUTI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 18, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess62 min

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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.