Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Dec 2, 1996, 6:00 AM EST (11:00 UTC)

Expired

Dec 2, 1996, 10:00 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Montgomery County, NY, Schoharie County, NY

The Albany radar (KENX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KALB 021100 RRA
FFWALB
NYC043-035-057-095-041-021500-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
600 AM EST MON DEC 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY  HAS EXTENDED THE
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK
 
   ...HERKIMER COUNTY
 
IN EAST NEW YORK
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...SCHOHARIE COUNTY
 
IN NORTH NEW YORK
 
   ...HAMILTON COUNTY
 
 
 
HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THESE COUNTIES AT 6AM...WHICH WILL
CAUSE FLOODING TO PERSIST UNTIL LATER THIS MORNING.   THE RAIN WILL
TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SHOWERS BY MID MORNING.
 
IN FULTON COUNTY MINOR ROAD FLOODING WAS OCCURRING IN THE CAROGA
LAKE AREA.   THE MOHAWK RIVER WAS OVERFLOWING NEAR LITTLE FALLS
AND THE SACANDAGA RIVER WAS OVERFLOWING NEAR HOPE.  IN SCHOHARIE
COUNTY ROADS WERE FLOODED IN THE COBLESKILL AREA.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO ARXEAS 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.
 
 
RK/RM

In the hours before

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

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0416AM     MON DEC 02 1996
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF WAPT APTS
06804    FILE 28                                     DEC 02-96
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   HEAVY RAINFALL & FLOODING

DETAILS CONCERNING EVENT: DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE PAST 24 HRS SOME
ROADWAYS ARE NOW BECOMING COVERED WITH WATER.
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): FOLEY RD T/KIRKWOOD / MERRILL
CREEK RD T/TRIANGLE / SANTIARA SPRINGS RD T/COLESVILLE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 12-01-96 2300 HRS
DATE AND TIME CONDITION ENDED: UNKNOWN
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: MINIMAL DAMAGE REPORTEDNUMBER KILLED:          NUMBER INJURED:
REMARKS: SOME HOMEOWNERS ARE REPORTING FLOODING IN BASEMENTS / ROADWAY CULVERTS
AND STORM DRAINS ARE BECOMING BLOCKED CAUSING POOR DRAINAGE.

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1911
AUTH EMERG MGR MICHAEL F ASWAD               DAVIDSON   4-13 AM
OPER - DAVIDSON,JAMES CHRISTOPHER     0415

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.