Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Jan 8, 1998, 9:33 PM EST (02:33 UTC)

Expired

Jan 9, 1998, 12:00 PM EST

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Whole counties

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Bennington County, VT

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TTAA00 KALB 090233
FFWALB
NYC083-VTC003-091430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
933 PM EST THU JAN 8 1998

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE
WALLOOMSAC RIVER FROM WOODFORD IN BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT TO IT/S
CONFLUENCE WITH THE HOOSIC RIVER IN NORTH HOOSICK...

HEAVY RAIN AND SNOWMELT HAS RESULTED IN A VERY RAPID RISE ON THE
WALLOOMSAC RIVER THIS EVENING. THE WALLOOMSAC RIVER AT BENNINGTON
WAS AT 7.15 FT AT 830 PM AND RISING QUICKLY. FLOOD STAGE AT
BENNINGTON IS 7 FT. EXTENSIVE SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING
WILL RESULT IN A CREST ON THE WALLOOMSAC OF 8.8 FT AROUND 500 AM
WITH THE RIVER NOT RECEDING BELOW FLOOD STAGE UNTIL EARLY
AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY.

THIS WILL RESULT IN FLOODING OF THE BENNINGTON PLAZA AS WELL AS
PAPER MILL VILLAGE AND THE FLOOD PRONE AREA OF WOODFORD EAST
OF BENNINGTON.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
AT NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT
DRIVE THROUGH WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

In the hours before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0724PM     THU JAN 08 1998
ABAT WLSR APTS AP30
00029    FILE 28   PD CITY OF BATAVIA NY0180100              JAN 08-98
TO       ATTN ALL GENESEE COUNTY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES AGENCIES

ROAD CONDITION REPORT: 01/08/98 7:10 PM

HIGHWAY EFFECTED: RT 98-WALNUT ST-CITY OF BATAVIA

THE RISE OF FLOOD WATERS HAS FORCED THE CLOSING OF RT 98/WALNUT ST IN THE CITY
OF BATAVIA FROM OAK ST EXTENSION-RT 33- SOUTH TO THE CITY LINE-LOCAL TRAFFIC
IS ONLY ALLOWED

MANY OTHER CITY STREETS ARE CLOSED AND NO UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IS ADVISED

SUGGESTED ALTERNATE ROUTES: NONE

ANTICIPATED RETURN TO NORM0AL CONDITIONS: MORNING (TENATIVE)

AUTH MURRAY, LIEUTENANT NED L                    SENT: DISPATCHER JA SUMMERS
OPER - SUMMERS,JOHN A                 1924

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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.