Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1992, 8:04 AM EST for Greene County, Ulster County, New York. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 1992, 8:04 AM EST (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1992, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, NY, Ulster County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 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 111307 FFWALB NYC039-111-111700- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 804 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN EAST NEW YORK ...GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...ULSTER COUNTY HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS TUESDAY NIGHT EXCEEDED THE CRITERIA FOR FLOODING. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GREENE AND ULSTER COUNTIES FOR TODAY. BETWEEN TWO...AND TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN THESE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. AT 8 AM...IT WAS RAINING HARD AT PHONECIA IN ULSTER COUNTY. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND TURN TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY THIS AFTERNOON. 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY>. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.
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, Mar 11, 4:12 AM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
NYZ006-007-008-009-010-012-013-018-019-020-MAZ010-111200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER STORM WARNING...WINTER STORM WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 412 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY... ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...SUSQUEHANNA REGION...AND CATSKILLS TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...ENTIRE HUDSON VALLEY...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A POWERFUL STORM WILL BRING WINTER WEATHER TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND THE BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL WEST OF THE HUDSON VALLEY AND CHAMPLAIN VALLEY IN EASTERN NEW YORK THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION...CATSKILLS... MOHAWK VALLEY...ADIRONDACKS AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THIS AREA. THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...HUDSON VALLEY AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS MAY ALSO BE IN FOR BETTER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN IN THE ABOVE AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE. IF THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...BETTER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY... IF THE TRANSITION IS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KICK UP TO 20 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE AFTERNOON. FOR THIS REASON A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HUDSON VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY OR TONIGHT...FREQUENTLY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY BE RAPID. A STORM IN THE MID ATLANTIC REGION WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT COMES OUR WAY. THIS POWE RFULL STORM WILL PASS THROUGH EASTERN NEW YORK OR WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST. . THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED BY 700 AM. WILEY
Local storm report, Mar 11, 5:49 AM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP D 0549AM EDT WED MAR 11 1992 DHQT WLSR DSAP DPAP 01996 FILE 28 SP ONEIDA NY1260100 MAR 11-92 TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAIN/SNOW MIXED: (X) - ACCUMULATION - 1 INCHES AREAS REPORTING FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN/SNOW MIXED: TROOP "D" ALL COUNTIES - JEFFERSON,LEWIS,OSWEGO,ONONDAGA,ONEIDA,MADISON,HERKIMER OTHER REMARKS: SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW HAS OCCURED SINCE 3:30AM CAUSING SLIPPERY ROADS - HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS ARE SANDING AUTH PHONE #: 315 363-4400 AUTH T/SGT DAVID L BERGSTROM CARY 5-47AM h
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 6:58 AM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NYZ006>013-018>020-MAZ010-111500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER STORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 658 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992 ...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY...CHAMPLAIN VALLEY ...ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...SUSQUEHANNA REGION...AND CATSKILLS TODAY AND TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...ENTIRE HUDSON VALLEY...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... A POWERFUL STORM WILL BRING WINTER WEATHER TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND THE BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. SIX TO TWELVE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL WEST AND NORTH OF THE HUDSON VALLEY IN EASTERN NEW YORK TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE...SUSQUEHANNA REGION...CATSKILLS...MOHAWK VALLEY...ADIRONDACKS... CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR THIS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THIS AREA. IN ADDITION FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING WILL MAKE TRAVELING HAZARDOUS ESPECIALLY IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...HUDSON VALLEY AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS MAY ALSO BE IN FOR BETTER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. RAIN IN THE ABOVE AREA WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET IS POSSIBLE. IF THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...BETTER THAN SIX INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY... IF THE TRANSITION IS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KICK UP TO 20 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE AFTERNOON. FOR THIS REASON A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE HUDSON VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL TODAY OR TONIGHT...FREQUENTLY MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS. THE TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY BE RAPID. A STORM OVER EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS TAKING AIM ON SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. THIS POWERFULL STORM WILL PASS THROUGH WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC TONIGHT. THE :NEXT STATEMENT CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER SITUATION WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 1000 AM. QUINLAN
Local storm report, Mar 11, 7:57 AM EST, 7 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP Q
0756AM EDT WED MAR 11 1992
QCQC WLSR QCQC
00255 FILE 28 NYSPIN SUPPORT SERVICES NY10100Q1 MAR 11-92
TO NWS - ALBANY NY
COPY SEMO ALBANY NY
ID = PHLN6
***NWS RAIN GAUGE/SNOW MEASUREMENT***
FROM: 07:00 HOURS 03/10/92
TO: 07:00 HOURS 03/11/92
RAIN: 0.57 INCHES
SNOW: 0.00 INCHES
MELTED TO: 0.00 INCHES
CONDITIONS AT TIME OF READING: CLOUDY
TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF READING: 055 DEGREES F.
NOTE: EVEN THOUGH RAIN WAS JUST OVER 1/2 INCH, SMALL STREAMS ARE AT BANK
FULL - THE LARGER STREAMS ARE RUNNING FAST AND ARE MUDDY, ALTHOUGH
THEY ARE NOT NEAR AN OVER FLOW CONDITION.
THIS GAUGE IS LOCATED ONE MILE SOUTH EAST OF PHILMONT NY ON ROXBURY ROAD,
TOWN OF CLAV ERACK, COLUMBIA COUNTY.
AUTH ZONE SERGEANT WARREN A. DORSCH
NYSPIN STAFF DORSCH 7-55 AMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 12:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:40 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Essex | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.