Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 20, 1996, 4:05 AM EDT for Montgomery County, Schoharie County, New York. It was in force for 12 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
- Oct 20, 1996, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 1996, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, NY, Schoharie County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 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 200807 FFWALB NYC057-095-202300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 405 AM EDT SUN OCT 20 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST NEW YORK ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...SCHOHARIE COUNTY ...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SCHOHARIE CREEK UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING... THE SCHOHARIE RESERVOIR IS FULL AND IS SPILLING INTO THE SCHOHAIRE CREEKAT GILBOA BRIDGE IN NORTH BLENHEIM THE CREEK IS 14.4 FEET HAVING RISEN 3 FEET IN THREE HOURS. FLOOD STAGE IS 20 FEET. AT PRATTSVILLE THE SCHOHARIE CREEK WAS 9.7 FEET AT 4AM...RISING 4.2 FEET IN THE PAST 3 HOURS WITH FLOOD STAFE OF 12 FEET LIKELY TO BE REACHED BY 6AM. HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE FALLEN THOUGHOUT THE SCHOHARIE BASIN OVERNIGHT...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF OVER 5 INCHES SHOWN ON DOPPLER RADAR. HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SCHOHARIE BASIN THROUGH THE MORNING AND WILL CAUSE THE SCHOHAIRE TO REACH FLOOD STAGE TODAY ALONG MUCH OF ITS LENGTH FROM GILBOA TO FORT HUNTER. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE SCHOHARIE CREEK MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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. SNYDER/PERTGEN
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, Oct 19, 10:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP F 1011PM SAT OCT 19 1996 FMPD WLSR APTS 01353 FILE 28 PD MONROE NY0352600 OCT 19-96 TO DESTINATION(S) OCSD THE FOLLOWING ROADS IN THE VILLAGE OF MONROE ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ROUTE 17M NEAR GILBERT ST RYE HILL ROAD FROM STAGE ROAD TO REYNOLDS ROAD AUTH CHIEF DOMINIC GIUDICE/PO R L COMPASSO OPER - GRALTON,JOHN C 2211
Special weather statement, Oct 19, 10:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
NYZ057-058-061>063-066-MAZ001-CTZ001-200900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WIND ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1047 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 1996 STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO BUFFET SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW YORK... DELAWARE SULLIVAN WESTERN GREENE WESTERN ULSTER DUTCHESS EASTERN COLUMBIA ...AS WELL AS FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT AND FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH. THEY WILL EXCEED 50 MPH OVER PEAKS AND RIDGES AND IN SOME VALLEYS WHERE CHANNELING OCCURS. WET GROUND WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO PUSH OVER TREES. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN POUGHKEEPSIE AND FISHKILL IN DUTCHESS COUNTY AND IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN NEW MILFORD AND BROOKFIELD. SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED AS A RESULT. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING USE CAUTION. ROADS WILxL BE SLIPPERY DUE TO RAIN AND FALLEN LEAVES. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STEER YOUR VEHICLE. GG
Special weather statement, Oct 19, 10:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
NYZ057-058-061>063-066-MAZ001-CTZ001-200900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - WIND ADVISORY (CORRECTION FOR COUNTIES) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1050 PM EDT SAT OCT 19 1996 STRONG WINDS CONTINUE TO BUFFET SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND... A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW YORK... GREENE ULSTER DUTCHESS COLUMBIA ...AS WELL AS FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT AND FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 35 MPH. THEY WILL EXCEED 50 MPH OVER PEAKS AND RIDGES AND IN SOME VALLEYS WHERE CHANNELING OCCURS. WET GROUND WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO PUSH OVER TREES. < THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES IN POUGHKEEPSIE AND FISHKILL IN DUTCHESS COUNTY AND IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY BETWEEN NEW MILFORD AND BROOKFIELD. SOME ROADS WERE CLOSED AS A RESULT. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING USE CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY DUE TO RAIN AND FALLEN LEAVES. STRONG WINDS CAN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STEER YOUR VEHICLE. GG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 3:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 6 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.