Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 1990, 6:44 AM EST for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 1990, 6:44 AM EST (11:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 1990, 9:45 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 92 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 579 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 732 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 KBTV 231146
FFWBTV
NYC019-231445-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
644 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST NEW YORK
...SOUTHERN CLINTON
THE AUSABLE RIVER HAS LEFT ITS BANKS IN THE TOWN OF AUSABLE FORKS.
ROUTE 9N FROM THE TOWN OF JAY IN ESSEX COUNTY TO AUSABLE FORKS HAS
BEEN CLOSED. THIS FLOODING IS BEING CAUSED BY AN ICE JAM.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.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, Feb 23, 3:42 AM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-231600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 330 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1990 A RETURN TO WINTER WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK OVER THE WEEKEND. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND CLINTON COUNTY OF NEW YORK FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A STORM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID ATLANTIC COAST AND GAIN STRENGTH AS IS IT GATHERS SUPPORT FROM ARTIC AIR SPILLING INTO THE NORTHEAST. THIS STORM HAS THE PONTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL TONIGHT OR SATURDAY...LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ...LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WATCHES....WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. ^ THE NEXT STATEMENT WIL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 AM. END/ADAMSON...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 9:49 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton | 116 min |
| Feb 23, 12:55 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton | 4 hr |
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.