Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this flash flood warning at Mar 11, 1992, 9:37 AM EST for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 1992, 9:37 AM EST (14:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 1992, 12:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clinton County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 2.6 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
- 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 KBTV 111438 FFWBTV NYC019-111745- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 937 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VT HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHEAST NEW YORK ...SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ALONG THE AUSABLE RIVER IN ESSEX COUNTY FROM KEENE TO AUSABLE FORKS. FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ALONG THE AUSABLE RIVER IN CLINTON COUNTY FROM AUSABLE FORKS TO CLINTONVILLE DUE TO ICE JAMS. THE RIVER MAY RISE RAPIDLY SO BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. 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. YOU SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. MOST FLOOD DEATHS JOCCUR 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. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER 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, Mar 11, 4:09 AM EST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
VTZALL-NYZ011-111300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WINTER STORM WATCH TODAY AND TONIGHT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 400 AM EST WED MAR 11 1992 A DRASTIC CHANGE FROM SPRING LIKE WEATHER TO WINTER WILL TAKE PLACE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND VERMONT AS A LARGE STORM MOVES THOUGH THE NORTHEAST. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK AND THE FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAME AREA TODAY. THE WARM TEMPERATURES AND OVERNIGHT RAINS WILL PUT MORE WATER INTO THE RIVERS AND STREAMS OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK TODAY...INCREASING THE POTENTAL FOR FLOODING. ICE JAMS WILL BE THE MAIN PROBLEM TODAY AS THE ICE STARTS TO BREAK UP AND MOVE. AN INCH OR SO OF RAIN COULD FALL TODAY...SO PERSONS LIVING NEAR FLOOD OR ICE JAM PRONE RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE WATER LEVELS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF THE NEED ARISES. THE SECOND PROBLEM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL COME WITH SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST AND TEMPERTURES WILL DROP 10 TO 15 DEGREES IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. THIS WILL PRODUCE ALOT OF ICE ON HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. AT THE SAME TIME THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY TONIGHT AND 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE CURRECT PROJECTION FOR THE STORM PATTERN CALLS FOR A MAJOR STORM TO MOVE UP THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AND THIS MEANS A VERY CHANGABLE SITUATION FOR VERMONT AND NORTHEAST NEW YORK THROUGH THURSDAY. ONE THING IS CERTAIN...THE WEATHER WILL CHANGE DRASTICALLY BY THIS AFTERNOON AND PEOPLE SHOULD BER PREPARED FOR THE SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES...ICE...SNOW AND WINDS THAT WILL BE AROUND THE REGION BY THE TIME SCHOOLS LET OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND THE MAJORITY OF THE WORKERS HEAD HOME. REMEMBER THAT A FLOOD WATCH AND A WINTER STORM WATCH ARE IN EFFECT. THIS MEANS THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOOZDING AND HEAVY SNOW ARE THERE. IF FLOODING OR HEAVY SNOW BECOMES MORE CERTAIN OR BEGINS A WARNING WILL BE ISSUED. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS LATE WINTER WEATHER WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 800 AM. WSG
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 7:14 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 7:15 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 10:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton, Essex | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 12:51 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton | 5 hr |
| Mar 11, 5:49 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | BTV | Clinton | 6 hr |
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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.