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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Albany, NY

November 12, 1995Schoharie County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 1995, 12:38 AM EST for Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 12, 1995, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
Expired: Nov 12, 1995, 4:45 AM EST
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Schoharie County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 51 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 521 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 120540
FFWALB
NYC095-120945-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1238 AM EST SUN NOV 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...SCHOHARIE COUNTY
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE EXCEEDED 2 TO 2.5 INCHES ACROSS THE COUNTY DURING
THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE
QUICKLY AND SEVERAL WILL FLOW OVER THEIR BANKS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS
AS THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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

Local storm report, Nov 11, 8:13 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP E
0811PM     SAT NOV 11 1995
ESSO WLSR APTS
02130    FILE 28   SCHUYLER CO SO NY0480000                  NOV 11-95
TO       APTS ATTN TOMPKINS AND SENECA CO SO

DUE TO HIGH WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAINS IN THE VILLAGE OF WATKINS GLEN,SR
414NORTH NEAR THE SR 79 INTERSECTION HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CLOSED DOWN UNTILL
FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO LINES DOWN AND A POLL THAT HAS BEEN SPLIT IN TWO BY HEAVY
WINDS , PLEASE DIVERT ANY TRAFFIC THAT MAY HAVE TO USE THOSE ROUTES, BOTH SR 79
AND SR 414 INTO THE VILLAGE OF WATKINS GLEN

ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THIS OFFICE AT 607-535-8222

AUTH SDGT WM YESSMAN                              DEP LM STATES 2010
OPER - RUDY,KEVIN C                   2011

Local storm report, Nov 11, 8:57 PM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0854PM     SAT NOV 11 1995
FNPZ WLSR
03058    FILE 28   NEW PALTZ POLICE DEPT NY0552700           NOV 11-95
TO       APB

AS OF 1930 HRS THIS DATE S PUTT CORNERS RD IN THE TOWN OF NEW PALTZ BETWEEN
RT 32 SOUTH & RT 299 (MAIN ST) WILL BE CLOSED DUE TO POLE & WIRES DOWN IN
ROADWAY. NO ESTIMATE AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME FOR REOPENING.

AUTH CHIEF ROBERT W MURPHY                       STRATTON/2055HRS
OPER - STRATTON,CHARLES W             2054

Local storm report, Nov 11, 9:44 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP F
0942PM     SAT NOV 11 1995
FCSD WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT APTS
01824    FILE 28   ORANGE COUNTY SO NY0350003                NOV 11-95
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER

                   (SPECIFY TYPE OF WEATHER OR EARTHQUAKE EVENT)

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: WINDY/RAINY CONDITIONS

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: ORANGE

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): THROUGHOUT COUNTY

DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 11-11-95 2000HRS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED:
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES-TREES AND
WIRES DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY - POWER AND DPW CREWS OUT WORKING AT THIS
TIME

NUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS:

AUTH PHONE #: 914 294-3303

AUTH SHERIFF H FRANK BIGGER                         SENT/SGT KOHOL 9:45PM
ORANGE COUNTY SO NY0350003

OPER - KOHOL,KENNETH A                2142

Local storm report, Nov 11, 10:03 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP E
1001PM     SAT NOV 11 1995
ESSO WLSR APTS
02131    FILE 28   SCHUYLER CO SO NY0480000                  NOV 11-95
TO       APTS ATTN TOMPKINS AND SENECA CO SO

 REF MESS ESSO02130 SR 414 N AND SR 79 NEAR THE VILLAGE OF WATKINS GLEN ARE NOW
BOTH OPEN, NYSEG CREWS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE CLEANED THE AREA \

AUTH SGT WM Y0ESSMAN                              DEPUTY LM STATES 2200
OPER - RUDY,KEVIN C                   2200

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 12, 12:07 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	4 hr
Nov 12, 1:15 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton	4 hr

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.