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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Albany, NY

July 15, 1997Herkimer County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 1997, 5:36 PM EDT for Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 1997, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 1997, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Herkimer County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1020 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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, Jul 15, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
421 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0419 PM    PLEASANT VLY              NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   DUTCHESS                       LARGE TREE ON ROUTE 44
                                          BLOCKING TRAFFIC

Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:07 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0345 PM    WILTON                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       3 TRAILERS TIPPED OVER AT
                                          TRAILER PARK ON BALLARD
                                          ROAD

0450 PM    CHESTERTOWN               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   WARREN                         LARGE TREES DOWN ON ROAD

Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:08 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
507 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0345 PM    WILTON                    NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   SARATOGA                       3 TRAILERS TIPPED OVER AT
                                          TRAILER PARK ON BALLARD
                                          ROAD

0450 PM    CHESTERTOWzN               NY   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   WARREN                         LARGE TREES DOWN ON ROAD

Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:16 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
0519PM     TUE JUL 15 1997
GCOW WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
05142    FILE 28   WASHINGTON CO SO SALEM NY0570000          JUL 15-97
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         COPY SEMO DUTY OFFICER
                   THUNDERSTORM/HIGH WIND REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: WASHINGTON COUNTY

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): TOWNS OF EASTON, GREENWICH AND
CAMBRIDGE
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 07/15/97 AT 16:02 HRS
EXTENT OF DAMAGE OR AREAS IN DANGER:

CHECK ONE:
HAIL SIZE REPORTED
( ) - NO HAIL REPORTED    (X) - 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  (X) - CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING DAMAGE TO:            ( ) - TREES
( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES   ( ) - POWER/TELCO LINES
( ) - COMM. BUILDINGS     (X) - 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     ( ) - PRIVATE HOMES
( ) - OUT/FARM BUILDINGS  ( ) - POWER/TELCO POLES
(X) - POWER/TELCO LINES

RELIABLE WIND SPEED REPORTS:     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 CREEKS FLOODING (COMPLETE REMARKS W/DAMAGE

REMARKS: HAIL AND HIGH WIND REPORTED RTE 29 GREENWICH / NUMEROUS TREES AND
WIRES DOWN IN THE TOWNS OF CAMBRIDGE EASTON AND GREENWICH

AUTH PHONE #: 518 747-7520

AUTH WILLIAM H COOK ASST DIRECTOR

OPER - PORLIER,ARTHUR L JR            1718

Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:26 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PM    TORRINGTON                CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   LITCHFIELD                     TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN
                                          THE TOWN OF TORRINGTON

Local storm report, Jul 15, 5:27 PM EDT, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
526 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0515 PM    TORRINGTON                CT   WIND DAMAGE
07/15/97   LITCHFIELD                     TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN
                                          THE TOWN OF TORRINGTON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 1:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene	56 min
Jul 15, 1:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Greene	56 min
Jul 15, 2:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Ulster	67 min
Jul 15, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga	65 min
Jul 15, 3:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	60 min
Jul 15, 4:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Dutchess	67 min
Jul 15, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Warren	51 min
Jul 15, 5:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Herkimer	69 min

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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.