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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Albany, NY

March 22, 1999Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 22, 1999, 6:47 AM EST for Ulster County, New York. 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
Mar 22, 1999, 6:47 AM EST (11:47 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 1999, 11:45 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Ulster County, NY

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1999-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 1999-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
478 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 221147
FFWALB
CTC005-NYC111-221645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
647 AM EST MON MAR 22 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT

* UNTIL 1145 AM EST

* THE ESPOUS CREEK IS ABOUT TO FLOW OUT OF ITS BANKS ABOVE THE
  ASHOKAN RESERVOIR IN NORTHERN ULSTER COUNTY. ADJACENT STREAMS AND
  CREEKS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO FLOOD. ROUTE 28 WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED
  BY FLOOD WATERS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

  A WEATHER SPOTTER IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT OBSERVED
  THAT THE ASPETUCK RIVERS WERE LEAVING ITS BANKS. OTHER SMALL
  STREAMS IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY ARE ALSO LIKELY TO LEAVE THEIR
  CHANNELS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW MILFORD AREA.

DON'T DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS! MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN
AUTOMOBILES.

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, Mar 22, 6:07 AM EST, 40 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP C
0606AM     MON MAR 22 1999
CNWH WLSR QHQT QTRF APTS WAPT
00484    FILE 28   PD NORWICH NY0082400                      MAR 22-99
TO       NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
         ATTENTION SEMO DUTY OFFICER

                          WINTER STORM REPORT

COUNTY(S) AFFECTED: CITY OF NORWICH CHENANGO CO

LOCATION (INCLUDING TOWN AND NEAREST ROAD): CITY OF NORWICH NY

HEAVY SNOWFALL INFORMATION:
      SNOWFALL BEGAN:  9:00 PM 3-21-99 EST LOCAL TIME
 SNOWFALL SINCE 12 AM: 8   INCHES
ESTIMATED VISIBILITY: 2      MILE(S)
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED: 0-6 MPH FROM DIRECTION 360
ROADS/AREAS AFFECTED: NYS RTE 12 AND RTE 23
AIR TEMP:32  BARO PRESSURE:29.49
ABOVE INFO FROM LT W. EATON AIRPORT NORWICH, NY
ELECTRICITY OUT IN SOME AREAS BECAUSE OF DOWNED WIRES
  SNOWFALL LAST HOUR: 2   INCHES
          SNOW ENDED:   :    M  ST LOCAL TIME

OTHER WINTER PERCIPITATION INFORMATION:
FREEZING RAIN:
( ) - NO ACCUMULATION     ( ) - DANGEROUS ON ROADS
(X) - ACCUMULATION TREES  (X) - TREES DAMAGED
(X) - ACC. POLES/WIRES    (X) - POLES/WIRE DAMAGED
IF ACCUMULATION, NUMBER OF INCHES:
DETAILS IF DAMAGE:

OTHER REMARKS (INCLUDING DEATHS OR INJURIES):
HEAVY WET SNOW STILL FALLING STEADILY AT THIS TIME

AUTH PHONE #: 607 334-2424

AUTH/SENT CHIEF JOSEPH ANGELINO 6-05AM

OPER - ANGELINO,JOSEPH G              0605

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 7:06 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningALYGreene5 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.