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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY

July 15, 1992Dutchess County, Putnam County, New York

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
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

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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   1415
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYColumbia38 min
Jul 15, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYPutnam54 min
Jul 15, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYOrange65 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYDutchess, Putnam56 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.