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Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Albany, NY

July 16, 2000Fulton County, Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT for Fulton County, Montgomery County, New York. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 16, 2000, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, NY, Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 12:00Z on 2000-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2000-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
47 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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 
WGUS51 KALY 161930
FFWALY
NYC035-057-170130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 330 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 15
MPH ACROSS FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES.

* RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE AFFECTED...
CANAJOHARIE CREEK...CAYADUTTA CREEK...MAYFIELD CREEK...MECCO
CREEK...KENNYETTO CREEK...YATESVILLE CREEK...HALL CREEK...LASHER
CREEK...FLAT CREEK...CAROGA CREEK...SKINNER CREEK...MOTHER
CREEK...MCQUEEN CREEK...OSTQUAGO CREEK...PECKS CREEK...VAN WIE CREEK
AND MATHEW CREEK.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 8:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady6 hr
Jul 16, 5:12 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWashington4 hr
Jul 16, 4:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYSchenectady, Schoharie6 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.