Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 28, 1997, 12:00 AM EST for Fulton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 16 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
- Feb 28, 1997, 12:00 AM EST (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 1997, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALB), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Feb 27, 6:06 PM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0607PM THU FEB 27 1997
AGSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00891 FILE 28 GENESEE CO SO BATAVIA NY0180000 FEB 27-97
TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT
COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: GENESEE
LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): ALL TOWNS AND VILLAGES
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 02/27/97 1500 HRS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER: NUMEROUS TREES, WIRES, POWER POLES DOWN
ACROSS ROADWAYS AND ON HOUSES - TRACTER TRAILERS TIPPED OVER RT 77 DARIEN
CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED ( ) - LESS THAN 1/2" (PEA)
( ) - 1/2" (MARBLE) ( ) - 1/2" TO 3/4" (PENNY)
( ) - 3/4" TO 1" (DIME) ( ) - 1.25" (HALF DOLLAR)
( ) - 1.50" (WALNUT) ( ) - 1.75" (GOLFBALL)
( ) - 2.00" (HENS EGG) ( ) - 2.50" (TENNISBALL)
( ) - 2.75" (BASEBALL) ( ) - 3.00" (TEA CUP)
( ) - 4.00" (GRAPEFRUIT) ( ) - 4.50" (SOFTBALL)
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
LIGHTNING REPORTED AS ( ) - CLOUD TO CLOUD ( ) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO: ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS ( ) - CROPS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPLICABLE:
HIGH WIND/T'STORM WIND DAMAGE ( ) - CROPS
(X) - SMALL TREES/SHRUBS (X) - LARGE TREES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS (X) - PRIVATE HOMES
(X) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS (X) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES
RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS: 70 MPH OR KNOTS
NUMBER KILLED: NUMBER INJURED:
FLOODING (IF EXTENSIVE, SEND SEPARATE FLOOD MESSAGE FROM MENU)
( ) - STORM SEWER OVERFLOWS, UNDERPASSES, STREET FLOODING
( ) - LOCAL SMALL CREEKS OVERFLOWING
( ) - STREAMS AND LARGE C REEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE
REMARKS:
AUTH PHONE #: 716 343-0911
AUTH SGT THOMAS GRAHAM
OPER - NEWTON,WAYNE W 1806The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 7:55 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 12:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 4 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997
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.