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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY

February 22, 1994Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 22, 1994, 5:15 AM EST for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 1994, 5:15 AM EST (10:15 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 1994, 12:00 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Herkimer County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 1994-02-22Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1994-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
778 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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 221022
FFWALB
NYC043-221700-

BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
515 AM EST TUE FEB 22 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS CONTINUED THE
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 NOON EST TUESDAY FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL NEW YORK

   ...SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY ALONG FULMER CREEK

MILD WEATHER DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS HAD CAUSED AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT
OF MELTING SNOW AND RUNOFF.  THIS RESULTED IN ICE JAMS ALONG FULMER
CREEK.  REPORTS FROM THE HERKIMER COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT INDICATE
THAT THE TOWN OF MOHAWK HAS EXPERIENCED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FLOODING.
THIS WAS DUE TO ICE PILING UP AGAINST A BRIDGE OVER THE CREEK CAUSING A
DAMMING OF THE WATERS.  PEOPLE IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND
GAS AND ELECTRIC HAS BEEN TURNED OFF.  SANDBAGS WERE PILED UP TO
CONTAIN THE FLOODING.  ALSO A CRANE HAS BEEN WORKING TO ELIMINATE
THE ICE JAM AND ALLOW THE FLOOD WATERS TO TRAVEL DOWN THE CREEK.

IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER IN HERKIMER COUNTY BE AWARE THAT ICE
JAM FLOODING CAN OCCUR RAPIDLY.  THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL DIMINISH
THROUGH THIS MORNING AS COLDER WEATHER BRINGS TEMPERATURES BELOW
FREEZING AND SLOWS THE MELTING AND RUNOFF IN THE AREA.

ONCE AGAIN...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO
RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECTR TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED BRIDGES.

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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.