Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 23, 1996, 9:30 AM EST for Rensselaer County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 23, 1996, 9:30 AM EST (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 1996, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rensselaer County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 231431 FFWALB NYC083-232030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 930 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST NEW YORK ...RENSSELAER COUNTY AN ICE JAM HAS CAUSED THE POESTENKILL CREEK TO OVERFLOW ITS BANKS IN THE TOWN OF POESTENKILL ALONG PLANK RD. THE ROAD HAS BEEN CLOSED BETWEEN OAK HILL RD AND CATLIN RD ACCORDING TO THE RENSSELAER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. A NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS THAT WATER WAS FLOWING THROUGH THE YARDS OF SOME HOMES IN THE AREA. IF THE ICE JAM WERE TO SUDDENLY BREAK AREAS DOWNSTREAM ALONG THE POESTENKILL CREEK SUCH AS BARBERSVILLE AND POESTENKILL WOULD BE THREATENED. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. &
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, Feb 23, 4:08 AM EST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014- CTZ001-231500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 408 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1996 ...A FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... THERE/LL BE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE POOR VISIBILITY WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS UNLESS YOU TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS. KEEP YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON THE LOW/BEAM SETTING. GIVE YOURSELF ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. DON/T DRIVE CLOSELY BEHIND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. A SATURATED AND STAGNANT AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MID MORNING. AT THAT TIME...BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE FOG WHICH WILL ALLOW THE SUNSHINE TO EVAPORATE IT. HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Feb 23, 4:35 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014- CTZ001-231500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 435 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1996 ...A FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... THERE/LL BE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE POOR VISIBILITY WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS UNLESS YOU TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS. KEEP YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON THE LOW/BEAM SETTING. GIVE YOURSELF ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. DON/T DRIVE CLOSELY BEHIND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. A SATURATED AND STAGNANT AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MID MORNING. AT THAT TIME...BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE FOG WILL ALLOW THE SUNSHINE TO EVAPORATE IT. HEMMERICH
Special weather statement, Feb 23, 4:36 AM EST, 4 hours 54 minutes before
NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-MAZ001-VTZ013-014- CTZ001-231500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 435 AM EST FRI FEB 23 1996 ...A FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING... THERE/LL BE WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE POOR VISIBILITY WILL MAKE DRIVING DANGEROUS UNLESS YOU TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS. KEEP YOUR HEADLIGHTS ON THE LOW/BEAM SETTING. GIVE YOURSELF ADDITIONAL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. DON/T DRIVE CLOSELY BEHIND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. A SATURATED AND STAGNANT AIR MASS WILL REMAIN OVER EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MID MORNINGJ. AT THAT TIME...BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS ABOVE THE FOG WILL ALLOW THE SUNSHINE TO EVAPORATE IT. HEMMERICH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 3:53 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
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.