Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 1994, 6:16 PM EDT for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 1994, 6:16 PM EDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 1994, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 701 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 062217 FFWALB NYC021-070015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 616 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST NEW YORK ...COLUMBIA COUNTY AT 610 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE... FROM HUDSON TO HILLSDALE ALONG ROUTE 23. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUING MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM. IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND...THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODS. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL NEAR 3 INCHES. HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THE VALATIE AREA AND NEAR GHENT. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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 6, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
NYZ054-MAZ001-062145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 444 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 A THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPED RAPIDLY IN RENSSELAER COUNTY...WILL MOVE INTO BERKSHIRE COUNTY. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY HAIL WAS NEAR STEPHENTOWN IN SOUTHEAST RENSSELAER COUNTY AT 440 PM. IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL PASS JUST NORTH OF PITTSFIELD MASSACHUSETTS AT 500 PM. AT 525 PM THE STORM WILL BE NEAR EAST WINDOSR.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NYZ060-061-MAZ001-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 454 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 A THUNDERSTORM WILL CROSS COLUMBIA BETWEEN 455 AND 530 PM. AT 450 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL...WAS 7 MILES NORTH OF HUDSON...NEAR ROSSMAN. IT WILL BE NEAR GHENT AT 505 PM...AND AUSTERLITZ AT 520 PM. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR GREAT BARRINGTON AT 535 PM .
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:35 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
NYZ032>033-038>043-047>054-058>061-MAZ001-062300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 535 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 800 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN NEW YORK. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAY ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THROUGH 700 PM THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY...SOUTH OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY...AND IN BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. < < IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:36 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
NYZ032>033-038>043-047>054-058>061-MAZ001-062300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 535 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK UNTIL 800 PM... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER EASTERN NEW YORK. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING MAY ALSO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ALONG WITH FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THROUGH 700 PM THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY...SOUTH OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY...AND IN BE<RKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. < < IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:44 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
NYZ060-061-MAZ001-062245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 543 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994 THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLUMBIA COUNTY WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN. AT 540 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN IN CENTRAL COLUMBIA COUNTY... ALONG THE TACONIC PARKWAY BETWEEN GHENT AND PHILMONT. THESE STORMS WILL REACH THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE LINE ABOUT 605 PM. RADAR INDICATED OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN IFN THE PAST HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS POSSIBLE.
Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:51 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0553PM WED JUL 06 1994
KCSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
03535 FILE 28 COLUMBIA CO SHERIFF NY0100000 JUL 7-94
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: COLUMBIA
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): GHEHT,CLAVERACK,STOCKPORT
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 1728P
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: TREES AND WIRES DOWN
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE) ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME) ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT) ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG) ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL) ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT) ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS (X) - CLOUD TO CLOUD (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: (X) - TREES
(X) - POWER/TELCO POLES (X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: 0 NUMBER INJURED: 0
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
(X) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS: NUMEROUS WIRES AND TREES DOWN.SOME FIRES CALLS FOR TRANSFORMER
ON FIRE
AUTH PHONE #: 518 828-3344
AUTH SENT DEP KEVIN MARCHETTO 552PMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia | 119 min |
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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.