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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Albany, NY

June 12, 1996Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 1996, 5:11 PM EDT for Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 12, 1996, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 1996, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALB), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1996-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 504 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 1996-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 122114
FFWALB
VTC025-130115-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
511 PM EDT WED JUN 12 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
 
   ...NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY
 
AT 510 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
EXTREME NORTHERN WINDHAM COUNTY ALONG THE WINDSOR COUNTY BORDER. THESE
STORMS HAVE BEEN PERSISTENTLY REFORMING OVER THE SAME AREA OVER THE PAST
THREE HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT CLOSE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN SINCE 2 PM.
 
THIS WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON THE NORMANSKILL...SAXTONS AND WILLIAMS
WATERWAYS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHEdR GROUND.
 
JC/NWSFO ALB

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, Jun 12, 1:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP W
0144PM     WED JUN 12 1996
WDTC WLSR GCOL
00011    FILE 28   DC DEPT OF EMERG RESPONSE NYSEM131H       JUN 12-96
TO       NYS DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION - BUREAU OF OIL SPILLS
         COPY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - STATE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE
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REGION: DUTCHESS COUNTY                    SPILL NO.
REPORTING AGENCY: DUTCHESS COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PHONE NUMBER: 914-486-2081
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SPILL DATE: 06/12/96  TIME: 09:44 A.M.
      PETROLEUM SPILLED                   MATERIAL CLASS
[X]1-GASOLINE    [ ]7-WASTE OIL   | [X]1-PETROLEIM       []4-RAW SEWAGE
[ ]2-#2 FUEL     [ ]8-NON-PCB OIL | [ ]2-NONPETRO/NONHAZ []5-UNKNOWN
[ ]3-#4 FUEL     [ ]9-PCB OIL     | [ ]3-HAZ MATERIAL
[ ]4-#6 FUEL     [ ]10-KEROSENE   |
[ ]5-DIESEL      [ ]11-UNKNOWN    |
[ ]6-JET FUEL                     |

OTHER MATERIAL SPILLED:
QUANTITY SPILLED: 20 GALLONS
IS THIS A SARA TITLE III/CERCLA NOTIFICATION? [ ]-YES [ ]-NO
IF TANK FAILURE: TANK SIZE           GAL.   TEST METHOD
                         LEAK RATE
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         SPILL LOCATION                        SPILLER (IF DIFFERENT)
PLACE: RT 9 1MILE NORTH OF I84         |NAME: CON EDISON
STREET/ROAD: RT 9                      |STREET:
MUNICIPALITY: VILLAGE OF FISHKILL      |CITY/STATE/ZIP:
COUNTY: DUTCHESS                       |CONTACT PERSON:
CONTACT PERSON:                        |PHONE:
PHONE:
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                                SPILL CAUSE
1. [ ] - HUMAN ERROR                    7. [ ] - DELIBERATE
2. [ ] - TRAFFIC ACCIDENT               8. [ ] - ABAND. DRUMS
3. [X] - EQUIP. FAILURE                 9. [ ] - TANK FAILURE
4. [ ] - VANDALISM                     10. [ ] - TANK OVERFILL
5. [ ] - TK TEST FAIL. (BULK STOR. PRO)11. [ ] - OTHER
6. [ ] - HOUSEKEEPING                  12. [ ] - UNKNOWN
                               SPILL SOURCE
1. [ ] - COMM./INDUST.                  7. [X] - COMM. VEHICLE
2. [ ] - NON COMM./INST.                8. [ ] - TANK TRUCK
3. [ ] - MAJ FAC 40,000 GAL             9. [ ] - PVT. DWELLING
4. [ ] - NON-MAJ FAC 1,100 GAL         10. [ ] - VESSEL
5. [ ] - GAS STATION                   11. [ ] - RAIL ROAD CAR
6. [ ] - PASS. VEHICLE                 12. [ ] - UNKNOWN
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   RESOURCE AFFECTED              YOUR AGENCY TYPE
1. [X] - ON LAND                  3. [ ] - POLICE DEPARTMENT
2. [ ] - IN SEWER                10. [ ] - FEDERAL GOV'T.
3. [ ] - GROUND WATER            11. [ ] - OTHER
4. [ ] - SURFACE WATER
5. [ ] - AIR
WATERBODY AFFECTED:
REMARKS: GASOLINE CONTAINED WILL BE PICKED UP BY SPILLER.
FAX SPILL #-FAX #914-486-3997

AUTH JUDIE TRAVER                           VATER 01:43 PM
ASSISTANT EMERGENCY RESPONSE COORDINATOR

OPER - VATER,LONNIE    z               1344

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.