Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Dec 2, 1996, 3:35 AM EST (08:35 UTC)

Expired

Dec 2, 1996, 11:00 AM EST

In force

7 hr

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Whole counties

County Greene County, NY

The Albany radar (KENX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KALB 020837 RRA
FFWALB
NYC115-039-021600-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
335 AM EST MON DEC 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  11 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHERN NEW YORK
 
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK
 
   ...GREENE
 
WASHINGTON COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN WHITEHALL WITH ROUTES
4 AND 22 CLOSED. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN FLOODING AND MINOR ROAD
WASHOUTS IN FORT ANN.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE UNTIL 6 OR 7 AM.
FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS WILL CONTINUE.
 
OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT TANNERSVILLE IN GREENE COUNTY...AND
ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN MAY FALL BEFORE THE RAIN TAPERS OFF BETWEEN 5 AND 7
AM.  SMALL STREAMS AND RIVER WILL OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOFUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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In the hours before

NYZ041>043-050>054-058>061-063>066-VTZ011>014-MAZ001-CTZ001-
020600-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
955 PM EST SUN DEC 1 1996

...STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL A LITTLE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THEN
   GRADUALLY DIE DOWN OVERNIGHT...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN
NEW ENGLAND THROUGH 1 AM MONDAY MORNING.  WINDS WILL BE ESPECIALLY
STRONG AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET...ALTHOUGH STRONG WIND GUSTS MAY
OCCUR IN VALLEYS...WITH HEAVY SHOWERS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SCATTERED REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES
ACROSS THE REGION.  LOCAL POWER OUTAGES REMAIN POSSIBLE UNTIL THE
WINDS DIE DOWN LATER TONIGHT.

WHEN DRIVING BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN STRONG GUSTS OF WIND THAT COULD
JAR YOUR VEHICLE OFF COURSE.  HAVE A FIRM GRIP ON THE STEERING WHEEL.
HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...SUCH AS VANS...ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE EFFECTED
BY THE WIND.

HWJIV/LAPENTA

NYZ041>043-050>054-058>061-063>066-VTZ011>014-MAZ001-CTZ001-
020700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
100 AM MON DEC 2 1996

...THE WIND WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ALLOWED THE WIND ADVISORY FOR
EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TO EXPIRE.  WHILE THE WIND
WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW FROM THE SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH FOR AWHILE...THIS
IS GENERALLY NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ANY DAMAGE. THE WIND WILL
SLOWLY RELAX TOWARD DAYBREAK AS IT TURNS MORE TO THE WEST.

HWJIV

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.