Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Nov 12, 1995, 5:22 AM EST for Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 1995, 5:22 AM EST (10:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 1995, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Windham County, VT
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 97 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 121026 FFWALB VTC025-121400- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 522 AM EST SUN NOV 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH VERMONT ...WINDHAM COUNTY THE WHETSTONE CREEK WAS FLOODING NEAR BRATTLEBORO. RESIDENTS OF THE MOUNTAIN HOME TRAILER PARK WERE BEING EVACUATED. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. RUNOFF FROM OVERNIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS. ANOTHER QUARTER INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY BEFORE RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATER THIS MORNING. RUNOFF SHOULD KEEP THE WHETSTONE OUT OF ITS BANKS THROUGH THE MORNING AND WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE OTHER SMALL STREAMS IN WINDHAM COUNTY TO FLOOD. & SNYDER
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 12, 2:24 AM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP G 0222AM SUN NOV 12 1995 GUIL WLSR APTS 03656 FILE 28 PD GUILDERLAND NY0015200 OCT 12-95 TO A P B ROAD CLOSINGS WESTYERN AVE (RT 20) IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT 84 LUMBER AND AT STUYVESANT PLAZA (THE INTERSECTION OF FULLER RD) ADDITIONALLY WESTERN IS FLOODING AT VARIOUS LOCATION INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AREA OF 20 MALL, ANDREWS TRAILER PARK AND, GADE FARM. SGT MARY SCHMITZ KELLY 2-21 AM
Local storm report, Nov 12, 2:33 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP K
0230AM SUN NOV 12 1995
KCEC WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00028 FILE 28 COLUMBIA COUNTY 911 NY010013P NOV 11-95
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: COLUMBIA
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): COUNTYWIDE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: NOV 11-95
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: MINOR
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
(X) - 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 ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
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
(X) - 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:
AUTH PHONE #: 518 828-1263
AUTH W.F. GEARING DISP 11-62 F
OPER - GEARING,WAYNE F 0230Local storm report, Nov 12, 2:56 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0254AM SUN NOV 12 1995
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT APTS
07401 FILE 28 BROOME CO SO BINGHAMTON NY0030000 NOV 12-95
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
HIGH WIND REPORT
DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): COUNTYWIDE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 11/11/95 APPROX 12PM
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: ONGOING
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: SEVERAL TREES AND UTILITY POLES
DOWN/SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS: LARGE SECTION OF EXTERIOR WALL ON COMMERCIAL BUILDING DAMAGED
BY HIGH WIND/SEMI TRAILER BLOWN OVER IN PARKING LOT AT 33 LEWIS RD TOWN
OF UNION
LARGE SECTION OF ROOF TAKEN OFF COMMERCIAL BLDG TOWN OF CHENANGO
AUT.H PHONE #: 607 778-1911
AUTH MICHAEL F ASWAD BROOME CO EMERG MANAGER ROGERS/2-51 AM
OPER - PARKER,KIMBERLY J 0253Local storm report, Nov 12, 3:18 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
418 AM EDT SUN NOV 12 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 WARREN SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO FALLEN TREES AND
WIRES...INCLUDING RT. 9N.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0950 PM STONY CREEK NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 WARREN ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM WINSTED CT WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 LITCHFIELD 62 MPH WIND KNOCKED TREES
DOWN. SUSTAINED WIND AT
40 MPH.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM NEW MILFORD CT WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 LITCHFIELD TREES AND WIRES DOWN...
TRANSFORMERS BLOWING UP.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM BEEKMAN NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 DUTCHESS LOSS OF POWER...SUSTAINED
WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUST TO 60 MPH AT 945 PM.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM TORRINGTON CT WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 LITCHFIELD TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
1100 PM PERTH NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 FULTON TREE ON CAR - 2 INJURIES.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1130 PM EASTERN PORTION NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 FULTON NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN...WIRES ARCING.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1130 PM HAGAMAN NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 MONTGOMERY TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
1130 PM EPHRATAH NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 FULTON ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1207 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 HAMILTON NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
POWER OUTAGES.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1210 AM GLOVERSVILLE NY URBAN FLOODING
11/12/95 FULTON MINOR STREET FLOODING.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1210 AM GLOVERSVILLE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 FULTON WIRE DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1213 AM AMSTERDAM NY URBAN FLOODING
11/12/95 MONTGOMERY MINOR FLOODING ON STREETS.
POLICE DEPT.
1230 AM HALFMOON NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 SARATOGA TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1247 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 SARATOGA NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN...SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1249 AM SCHENECTADY NY URBAN FLOODING
11/12/95 SCHENECTADY MINOR STREET FLOODING.
POLICE DEPT.
1254 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 GREENE NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0205 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0211 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 RENSSELAER TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0212 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECIVE AND
11/12/95 COLUMBIA FLOODING
TREES...POLES...AND WIRES
DOWN. MINOR FLOODING.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0213 AM GLENFORD NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 ULSTER POWER OUTAGE
SHERIFF DEPT.
0213 AM WEST HURLEY NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 ULSTER TREE DOWN ON MAVERICK RD.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0213 AM PHOENICIA NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 ULSTER AND FLOODING
RT. 214 FLOODING AND
TREE DOWN ON ROAD.
WATER RUNNING UP ONTO
OLD RT. 28.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0207 AM GREENWICH NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 WASHINGTON BIG TREE DOWN.
COUNTY DISPATCHER.
0207 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 WASHINGTON WIRES DOWN AND ARCING...
TREES BURNING NEAR WHITE
CREEK...ARGYLE...AND FORT
ANN.
COUNTY DISPATCHER.
0215 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 DUTCHESS AND FLOODING
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
FLOODING OF RTS. 9 AND 55.
SHERIFF DEPT.
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Local storm report, Nov 12, 3:43 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP F 0341AM SUN NOV 12 1995 FNPZ WLSR 03059 FILE 28 NEW PALTZ POLICE DEPT NY0552700 NOV 12-95 TO X APB REF 03068 FILE DTD 111195 SOUTH PUTT CORNERS RD IS OPEN TO ALL TRAFFIC AUTH CHIEF ROBERT W MURPHY KOCH 0339HRS OPER - KOCH, KAREN J 0340
Local storm report, Nov 12, 4:20 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
418 AM EDT SUN NOV 12 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0950 PM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 WARREN SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE
TO FALLEN TREES AND
WIRES...INCLUDING RT. 9N.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0950 PM STONY CREEK NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 WARREN ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM WINSTED CT WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 LITCHFIELD 62 MPH WIND KNOCKED TREES
DOWN. SUSTAINED WIND AT
40 MPH.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM NEW MILFORD CT WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 LITCHFIELD TREES AND WIRES DOWN...
TRANSFORMERS BLOWING UP.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM BEEKMAN NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 DUTCHESS LOSS OF POWER...SUSTAINED
WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUST TO 60 MPH AT 945 PM.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0955 PM TORRINGTON CT WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 LITCHFIELD TREES AND POWER LINES
DOWN.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
1100 PM PERTH NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 FULTON TREE ON CAR - 2 INJURIES.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1130 PM EASTERN PORTION NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 FULTON NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN...WIRES ARCING.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1130 PM HAGAMAN NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 MONTGOMERY TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HOUSE.
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
1130 PM EPHRATAH NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/11/95 FULTON ROOF BLOWN OFF HOUSE.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1207 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 HAMILTON NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
POWER OUTAGES.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1210 AM GLOVERSVILLE NY URBAN FLOODING
11/12/95 FULTON MINOR STREET FLOODING.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1210 AM GLOVERSVILLE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 FULTON WIRE DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1213 AM AMSTERDAM NY URBAN FLOODING
11/12/95 MONTGOMERY MINOR FLOODING ON STREETS.
POLICE DEPT.
1230 AM HALFMOON NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 SARATOGA TREE DOWN ON MOBILE HOME.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1247 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 SARATOGA NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN...SCATTERED POWER
OUTAGES.
SHERIFF DEPT.
1249 AM SCHENECTADY NY URBAN FLOODING
11/12/95 SCHENECTADY MINOR STREET FLOODING.
POLICE DEPT.
1254 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 GREENE NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES
DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0205 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 WASHINGTON TREES DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0211 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 RENSSELAER TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0212 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECIVE AND
11/12/95 COLUMBIA FLOODING
TREES...POLES...AND WIRES
DOWN. MINOR FLOODING.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0213 AM GLENFORD NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 ULSTER POWER OUTAGE
SHERIFF DEPT.
0213 AM WEST HURLEY NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 ULSTER TREE DOWN ON MAVERICK RD.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0213 AM PHOENICIA NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 ULSTER AND FLOODING
RT. 214 FLOODING AND
TREE DOWN ON ROAD.
WATER RUNNING UP ONTO
OLD RT. 28.
SHERIFF DEPT.
0207 AM GREENWICH NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 WASHINGTON BIG TREE DOWN.
COUNTY DISPATCHER.
0207 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 WASHINGTON WIRES DOWN AND ARCING...
TREES BURNING NEAR WHITE
CREEK...ARGYLE...AND FORT
ANN.
COUNTY DISPATCHER.
0215 AM COUNTY-WIDE NY WIND - NON-CONVECTIVE
11/12/95 DUTCHESS AND FLOODING
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND
FLOODING OF RTS. 9 AND 55.
SHERIFF DEPT.
JANUSNearby
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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.