Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 19, 1999, 1:44 AM EST for Columbia County, New York. It was in force for 7 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 19, 1999, 1:44 AM EST (06:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 19, 1999, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbia County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 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 190646 FFWALB NYC021-191400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 144 AM EST TUE JAN 19 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING THROUGH 9 AM FOR THE KINDERHOOK CREEK IN COLUMBIA COUNTY. LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGERS IN COLUMBIA COUNTY REPORTED ICE JAMMING ON THE KINDERHOOK CREEK IN THE TOWN OF NEW LEBANON. ADAMS CROSSING ROAD...WINSLOW ROAD AND HANKY MULL ROAD WERE BEING AFFECTED BY FLOOD WATERS AS WATER PILED UP BEHIND THE ICE JAM. IF THE ICE JAM BREAKS THERE WILL BE A SURGE OF WATER DOWNSTREAM TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF CHATHAM...VALATIE AND KINDERHOOK. ICE JAM FORMATION AND BREAKUP ARE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT SO IF YOU LIVE ALONG THE KINDERHOOK BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION. 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.
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, Jan 18, 8:52 PM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP C 0851PM MON JAN 18 1999 CJOH WLSR 00125 FILE 28 JOHNSON CITY NY0030300 JAN 18-99 TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BE ADVISED THAT ALL STREETS IN THE VILLAGE OF JOHNSON CITY NY ARE COVERED WITH BLACK ICE. SEVERAL ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA. DPW CREWS ARE ENROUTE OUT. AUTH SGT. DARREN C. HANNON OPER - HANNON,DARREN C 2050
Special weather statement, Jan 18, 11:23 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
CTZ001-MAZ001-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-VTZ013- 014-190725- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1123 PM EST MON JAN 18 1999 ...WATER ON ROADS WILL FREEZE UP OVERNIGHT CAUSING ICY TRAVEL IN PLACES... TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WILL DROP TO NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING IN PLACES. WITH STANDING WATER FROM RAIN AND SNOWMELT IN MANY AREAS... ICE WILL FORM IN SPOTS. IF YOU/RE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ADJUST YOUR SPEED TO ROAD CONDITIONS.
Local storm report, Jan 18, 11:58 PM EST, 1 hour 46 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP D 1156PM MON JAN 18 1999 DNHT WLSR APTS AP30 TSYR 00322 FILE 28 SP MARCY NY1320100 JAN 18-99 TO APB ROAD CONDITION REPORT FOR DATE: 01/18/99 TIME: 11:30PM COUNTY AFFECTED: ONEIDA COUNTY HIGHWAY(S) AFFECTED: I-790W FROM RIVER RD TO ST-12 CONDITIONS:ROAD CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE DUE TO FATAL MVA CAUSED BY ICING CONDITIONS ON ROADWAY- FURTHER INFORMATION TO FOLLOW WHEN AVAILABLE AUTH CAPT JOHN W VANSTEENBURG SENT HENRY 11-45PM OPER - HENRY,HARRY A 2356
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 18, 11:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 5 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 8 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999
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.