Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Jul 13, 1996, 10:06 AM EDT (14:06 UTC)

Expired

Jul 13, 1996, 4:15 PM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY

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NYC021-027-132015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1006 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...COLUMBIA COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK
 
   ...DUTCHESS COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATED THAT TWO TO AS MUCH AS FOUR
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN COLUMBIA AND DUTCHESS
COUNTIES. MORE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER COLUMBIA AND
DUTCHESS COUNTIES AND WILL RESULT IN SMALL STREAMS TO REACH OR EXCEED
BANKFUL. THE CLAVERACK CREEK IN COLUMBIA COUNTY HAS ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS. OTHER STREAMS PRONE TO FLOODING ARE
WAPPINGERS AND FISHKILL CREEKS IN DUTCHESS COUNTIES LATER TODAY.
 
 
 
 
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 HIGHER GROUND.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU AbRE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
453 AM EDT SAT JUL 13 1996

...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS TODAY ACROSS THE LOWER
HUDSON VALLEY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT...

ANY SEVERE WEATHER THAT OCCURS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF DAMAGING WIND
FROM TORNADOES OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

THE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR ACROSS ULSTER...DUTCHESS...AND LITCHFIELD
COUNTIES.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN FLOODED ROADWAYS...AND MAY CAUSE
STREAMS AND RIVERS TO FLOOD TOO.  A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR
TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

LISTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AS WELL AS POSSIBLE WATCHES AND
WARNINGS.  PLAN ON WHAT YOU WOULD DO IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING
WERE TO OCCUR.  HAVING A PLAN OF ACTION PREVENTS PANIC AND CAN SAVE
VALUABLE TIME IN THE EVENT THAT YOU NEED TO ACT.

THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE BERTHA WERE MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE MID
ATLANTIC REGION TOWARD DAWN SATURDAY.  THEY/LL REACH SOUTHEASTERN NEW
YORK AND SOUTHWESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.
THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS THE STORM MOVES INTO
EASTERN NEW ENGLAND.

HEMMERICH

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.