Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 1992, 4:19 PM EDT for Dutchess County, Putnam County, New York. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1992, 4:19 PM EDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dutchess County, NY, Putnam County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 568 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 489 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 152019 FFWALB NYC027-079-152115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 419 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN DUTCHESS COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS 7 MILES WEST OF NEWBURGH NEW YORK AT 415 PM THIS AFTERNOON...MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL PASS NEAR KENT CLIFFS AND MAHOPAC BY 445 PM...AND NEAR BREWSTER HEIGHTS AROUND 500 PM.
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, Jul 15, 12:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
NYZ006-010-013-020-MAZ010-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1205 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE FLOODING. RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND NORTHERN CATSKILLS INTO THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED AT SOME LOCATIONS. THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT FOR THE NEXT TWO HOURS. HOWEVER ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS PASSING SOUTH OF BUFFALO AND ROCHESTER WILL MOVE INTO THE SUSQUEHANNA REGION AND CATSKILLS DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. THE SHOWERS WILL THEN REACH THE HUDSON VALLEY AND BERKSHIRE COUNTY. THIS RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN 200 PM AND 500 PM. THE SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING IN LOW SPOTS...UNDER HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES...AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. IF HEAVY RAIN BEGINS WHERE YOU ARE LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCALIZED STREET AND LOWLAND FLOODING. IF YOU/RE IN A CAR...DRIVE CAREFULLY. SL
Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:19 PM EDT, 2 hours before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0220PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
WPUT WLSR WAPT
00006 PUTNAM COUNTY WARNING POINT NYSEM3900 JUL 15-92
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ALBANY NY
PUTNAM COUNTY SKYWARN BEING ACTIVATED AS PER YOUR REQUEST
PUTNAM COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NOTIFIED
DISTANT THUNDER BEING HEARD IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF PUTNAM COU$NTY
NO STORMS OCCURRING AT PRESENT
AUTH/MARIO RAMPOLLA
PUTNAM COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR SENT/HOSMER 1415Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
NYZ013-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 220 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF PUTNAM COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS OVER THE TOWN OF PHILLIPSTOWN BETWEEN BEACON AND COLD SPRING AT 205 PM EDT. IT WILL MOVE EAST TO PATTERSON BY 235 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BETWEEN HALF PAST TWO O CLOCK AND NINE O CLOCK FOR PUTNAM...ORANGE...DUTCHESS...SULLIVAN AND ULSTER COUNTIES IN SOUTHEASTERN UPSTATE NEW YORK. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDER- STORMS MAY OCCUR IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. IF SEVZERE WEATHER APPROACHES...GET TO A BASEMENT OR SECURE AREA OF A STURDY BUILDING. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS CAN DROP A LARGE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT TIME. IF A ROAD BECOMES FLOODED...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS IT. END
Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0237PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
WORA WLSR WAPT APTS
00010 FILE 28 ORANGE CO. EMERG. MGT. OFFICE 07- 15-92
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: ORANGE CO. SKYWARN ACTIVATED 1415 HRS.
ALL PARTICIPANTS IN O.C. SEVERE WEATHER NOTIFICATION PROGRAM NOTIFIED;
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SUCH AS SCHOOLS, RED CROSS, STEWART. NO STORMS
AT PRESENT.
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD):
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED:
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 914 294-7422
AUTH SCHMER, EMERG. MGT. MOORE/1435 HR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Putnam | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Orange | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Dutchess, Putnam | 56 min |
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.