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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

January 24, 1999Bennington County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 24, 1999, 4:48 PM EST for Bennington County, Vermont. It was in force for 5 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 24, 1999, 4:48 PM EST (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 1999, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Area: Whole counties

County Bennington County, VT

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 71 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KALB 242153 COR
FFWALB
VTC003-250300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
448 PM EST SUN JAN 24 1999


...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 10 PM
FOR BENNINGTON COUNTY IN VERMONT...

RAIN AND SNOWMELT HAVE CAUSED LARGE RISES ON STREAMS AND RIVERS IN
BENNINGTON COUNTY AND FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE GREEN
RIVER...THE BATTEN KILL NEAR ARLINGTON AND THE WALOOMSAC NEAR
BENNINGTON.  FLOODING IS LIKELY ON OTHER SMALL STREAMS.

THE BATTEN KILL WILL CREST NEAR 7.8 FEET THIS EVENING AND THEN
BEGIN TO FALL.  IT WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE UNTIL MONDAY
EVENING.

THE WALOOMSAC RIVER HAD RISEN TO 7.3 FEET.  THAT IS ALREADY
ABOVE THE 7 FOOT FLOOD STAGE. IT WILL CREST NEAR 8 FEET THIS
EVENING AND THEN BEGIN TO FALL.

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.

...CORRECTION FORL EXPIRATION TIME...

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 24, 11:47 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP G
1146AM     SUN JAN 24 1999
GSGF WLSR QTRF QHQT APTS WAPT GHQT
00458    FILE 28   SP WILTON NY1450100                       JAN 24-99
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER

                               ROAD FLOODING

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: SARATOGA AND WASHINGTON

CHECK ONE OR MORE AS APPROPRIATE:
(X) - ROAD FLOODING
(X) - ROADSIDE CULVERTS FLOODING
( ) - STORM SEWERS BACKING UP CAUSING LOCAL URBAN FLOODING
(X) - WATER COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS
( ) - OTHER
LOCATION: WASHINGTON COUNTY
          TOWN OF HEBRON: SECTIONS OF CR 30 AND 31 CLOSED DUE TO LOCAL FLOODING
          TOWN OF  SALEM: VARIOUS VILLAGE STREETS
               GREENWICH:     "         "
               GRANVILLE: SECTION OF CR 27 CLOSED

          SARATOGA COUNTY:
          TOWN OF STILLWATER - RT 4 NORTH OF VILLAGE - LOCAL FLOODING
                             - RT 9P NEAR BROWN ROAD - LOCAL FLOODING

AUTH PHONE #: 518 583-7000

AUTH Z/SGT BARBARA A MCHUGH                         SCHIEFFELIN 11-47 AM

OPER - NEILEN,PAMELA J                1146

Local storm report, Jan 24, 12:30 PM EST, 4 hours 18 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
1229PM     SUN JAN 24 1999
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00441    FILE 28   BROOME CO EMER SVC 911 CTR NY003013P      JAN 24-99
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER

                              RAPID FLOODING

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME

CHECK ONE:
( ) - DAM BREAK/LEVEE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED
( ) - DAM BREAK/FAILURE IMMENENT
( ) - DAM BREAK/LEVEE FAILURE POSSIBLE
(X) - ICE JAM CAUSING OR ABOUT TO CAUSE FLOODING
( ) - RAPID FLOODING POSSIBLE BECAUSE
(X) - LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD
( ) - OTHER
NAME OF DAM/LEVEE:
STREAM WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED: DRY BROOK
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 11:00 AM
NEAREST TOWN/CITY: TOWN OF FENTON - PORT CRANE
REMARKS: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY DEPUTY SUPV TOWN OF FENTON-CREEK
OVERFLOW INUNDATING THREE HOMES ON LORI DRIVE AND DISLODGING 50x0 GAL LP TANK
WHICH IS LEAKING-MANDATORY EVACUATION OF THREE HOMES.

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1208

AUTH EMER MGR MICHAEL F ASWAD              CHELLIS    12-26 PM

OPER - BACKO,SUSAN L                  1228

Local storm report, Jan 24, 1:16 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0115PM     SUN JAN 24 1999
CBSO WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00442    FILE 28   BROOME CO EMER SVC 911 CTR NY003013P      JAN 24-99
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER

                              RAPID FLOODING

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: BROOME
UPDATE RE MESA 441 THIS DATE RE STATE OF EMERGENCY-TOWN OF FENTON

CHECK ONE:
( ) - DAM BREAK/LEVEE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED
( ) - DAM BREAK/FAILURE IMMENENT
( ) - DAM BREAK/LEVEE FAILURE POSSIBLE
(X) - ICE JAM CAUSING OR ABOUT TO CAUSE FLOODING
( ) - RAPID FLOODING POSSIBLE BECAUSE
(X) - LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSING SMALL STREAMS TO FLOOD
( ) - OTHER
NAME OF DAM/LEVEE:
STREAM WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED: DRY BROOK
DATE AND TIME CONDITION STARTED: 11:00 AM
NEAREST TOWN/CITY: TOWN OF FENTON - PORT CRANE
REMARKS: STATE OF EMERGENCY STILL IN EFFECT- THREE HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED
AND DISLODGED 500 GAL LP TANK HAS BEEN STABILIZED AND THE LEAKING STOPPED.

AUTH PHONE #: 607 778-1208

AUTH EMER MGR MICHAEL F ASWAD              CHELLIS    12-26 PM

OPER - BACKO,SUSAN L                  1315

Local storm report, Jan 24, 1:29 PM EST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP T
0127PM     SUN JAN 24 1999
TBUF WLSR THQT AHQT AFRE APTS
00236    FILE 28   SP THRUWAY BUFFALO  NY1140400     JAN 24-99    ADDED
TO       TROOP T HEADQUARTERS

REFERENCE IS MADE TO TT #235 FROM SP BUFFALO DATED 1/24/99 RE:I-90 WILLIAM ST
RAMPS CLOSING FROM 1/23/99. ALL RAMPS FROM I-90 TO EXIT 52A (WILLIAM ST) ARE
OPEN AT THIS TIME.

AUTH AND SENT SGT/SC JOHN M REINHOLZ             1-30PM

OPER - REINHOLZ,JOHN M                1327

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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.