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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 8, 1998, 5:20 PM EST for Fulton County, Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 23 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
- Jan 8, 1998, 5:20 PM EST (22:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 1998, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 387 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 735 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 888 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KALB 082220 FFWALB NYC043-041-113-115-035-057-091-093-095-001-083-039-021-111-027- MAC003-CTC005-092100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 520 PM EST THU JAN 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY NY HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ...IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... ...HAMILTON...HERKIMER...FULTON...MONTGOMERY...WARREN... ...WASHINGTON...SARATOGA...SCHENECTADY...ALBANY...RENSSELAER... ...SCHOHARIE...GREENE...COLUMBIA...ULSTER...DUTCHESS... ...IN SOUTHERN VERMONT... ...BENNINGTON...WINDHAM... ...IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS... ...BERKSHIRE... ...IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT... ...LITCHFIELD... BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. THIS RAINFALL COMBINED WITH MELTING SNOW HAS FORCED MOST STREAMS AND RIVERS UP TO BANKFULL. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS...EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND LOCAL WEATHER SPOTTERS CONTINUE TO REPORT SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOMEWHAT. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED. AREAS HARDEST HIT INCLUDE THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...CATSKILLS...LAKE GEORGE-SARATOGA REGION...CAPITAL REGION AND THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY KEEPING RIVERS AND STREAMS HIGH. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED SOMEWHAT THIS EVENING ALLOWING SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS TO HOLD STEADY OR EVEN FALL SLIGHTLY ADDITIONAL RAIN...SOME OF IT HEAVY...WILL RETURN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONCE AGAIN PRODUCE RISES WITH THE CONTINUED THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING. SMALL STREAM AND RIVER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE THIS EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT OF SMALL STREAM AND RIVER FLOODING IS ACROSS THE CATSKILLS...THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND LAKE GEORGE-SARATOGA REGION WHERE FLOODING IS STILL OBSERVED AND THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS THE GREATEST. A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS EITHER OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IF YOU OBSERVE FLOODING...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. IF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS IS ALONG A RIVER OR STREAM...YOU SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FOR LATER WARNINGS... STATEMENTS...AND INFORMATION. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON INTERNET WEB SITE AT... http://nwsfo.nws.cestm.albany.edu BLAES /NWSFO ALY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 12:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Schenectady, Schoharie | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:50 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 21 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 23 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 23 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess | 23 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Albany, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 23 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.