Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 21, 1995, 1:17 PM EDT for Greene County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 1995, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 21, 1995, 7:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 211720 FFWALB NYC039-212315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 117 PM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 200 PM AND A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST NEW YORK ...GREENE COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TANNERSVILLE IN GREENE COUNTY AT 115 PM. IT WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR DURHAM AT 140 PM. RAINFALL AT TANNSERVILLE HAS REACHED 4 INCHES SINCE THE STORM BEGAN AND THAT IS ENOUGH TO START FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA PRONE TO FLOODING...GET TO HIGHER GROUND FAST. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. 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, Oct 21, 8:38 AM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014- CTZ001-211700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 835 AM EST SAT OCT 21 1995 ...HEAVY FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS...HIGH WINDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM IN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY IN ALL EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT INTO THE EVENING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE ADIRONDACKS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ULSTER COUNTY WHILE WEST DOVER IN WINDHAM COUNTY VERMONT HAD AN INCH AND A HALF. MOST AREAS HAVE HAD LESS THAN AN INCH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL DURING THIS AFTERNOON. TWO TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. WHILE THE WINDS IN VALLEY LOCATIONS WEREN/T TOO STRONG...WINDS WERE GUSTING OVER 40 MPH OVER THE HILLS SURROUNDING THE HUDSON VALLEY. GUSTS REACHED 42 MPH AT STEPHENTOWN. WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH AT NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT WITH SOME SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...PRIMARILY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES THIS MORNING...AND ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OVER 60 MPH. YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES YOU TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. BE PREPARED FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZABRDS TODAY.
Local storm report, Oct 21, 9:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
0930 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM ANCRAM NY HIGH WIND
10/21/95 COLUMBIA NON-CONVECTIVE WINDS DOWNED TREESLocal storm report, Oct 21, 9:32 AM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
0930 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 AM r ANCRAM NY HIGH WIND
10/21/95 COLUMBIA NON-CONVECTIVE WINDS DOWNED TREESSpecial weather statement, Oct 21, 9:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014- CTZ001-211700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 835 AM EST SAT OCT 21 1995 ...HEAVY FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS...HIGH WINDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM IN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY IN ALL EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND...AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT INTO THE EVENING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE ADIRONDACKS. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ULSTER COUNTY WHILE WEST DOVER IN WINDHAM COUNTY VERMONT HAD AN INCH AND A HALF. MOST AREAS HAVE HAD LESS THAN AN INCH. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL DURING THIS AFTERNOON. TWO TO 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. WHILE THE WINDS IN VALLEY LOCATIONS WEREN/T TOO STRONG...WINDS WERE GUSTING OVER 40 MPH OVER THE HILLS SURROUNDING THE HUDSON VALLEY. GUSTS REACHED 42 MPH AT STEPHENTOWN. WINDS WERE SUSTAINED AT 25 TO 35 MPH AT NEW MILFORD CONNECTICUT WITH SOME SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...PRIMARILY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES THIS MORNING...AND ELSEWHERE THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE WINDS OVER 60 MPH. YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE URGES YOU TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS. BE PREPARED FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS TODAY.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 11:20 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014-CTZ001- 212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK 1130 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. STRONG WINDS HAVE BUFFETED THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY STRONG IN THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS. DOWNED TREES OR POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GREENE...DUTCHESS...COLUMBIA...AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS... EVEN IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIE DOWN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY THIS MORNING FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND. A FEW PLACES HAVE PICKED UP AS MUCH AS 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. BE PREPARED FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS. IF THE WEATHER GETS THREATENING GET TO A SAFE SHELTER FAST. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. BE ALERT IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. IF FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...OR YOU OBSERVE FLOODING MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. A LARGE STORM WAS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE TO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BY THIS EVENING.
Special weather statement, Oct 21, 11:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014-CTZ001- 212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NEW YORK 1130 AM EDT SAT OCT 21 1995 ...HEAVY RAIN...HIGH WINDS AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS EVENING IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. STRONG WINDS HAVE BUFFETED THE REGION THIS MORNING. THE WINDS HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY STRONG IN THE HILLS AND MOUNTAINS. DOWNED TREES OR POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF GREENE...DUTCHESS...COLUMBIA...AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING WINDS... EVEN IN VALLEY LOCATIONS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIE DOWN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN HAS BEEN SPOTTY...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY THIS MORNING FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY EAST INTO NEW ENGLAND. A FEW PLACES HAVE PICKED UP AS MUCH AS 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RAIN WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER AS THE AFTERNOON GOES ON. BE PREPARED FOR A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS. IF THE WEATHER GETS THREATENING GET TO A SAFE SHELTER FAST. BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. BE ALERT IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. IF FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA...OR YOU OBSERVE FLOODING MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AT ONCE. A LARGE STORM WAS OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. A COLD FRONT OVER CENTRAL NEW YORK AND EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WILL MOVE TO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND BY THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 1:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton | 6 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga | 57 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
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.