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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Albany, NY

July 16, 2000Bennington County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2000, 8:47 PM EDT for Bennington County, Vermont. 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, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2000, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Whole counties

County Bennington County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2000-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1061 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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 170048
FFWALY
VTC003-170645-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT

* UNTIL 245 AM EDT MONDAY

* AT 828 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ALONG THE SAME LINE...IN
  THE VICINITY OF ROUTE 7...FROM FROM BENNINGTON TO EAST RUPERT.

* OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE ARLINGTON...WEST
  ARLINGTON...SANDGATE...AND SHAFTSBURY CENTER.  STREAMS AND CREEKS
  ALSO AFFECTED INCLUDE LITTLE WHITE CREEK...WARM BROOK...FURNACE
  CREEK...AND THE WALLOOMSACK RIVER.

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 16, 10:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWindham4 hr
Jul 17, 1:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWindham4 hr
Jul 17, 4:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWindham4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.