Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2003, 4:50 PM EDT for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, New York. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 8, 2003, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KALY 082051
FFWALY
NYC041-043-090045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
450 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 447 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY
RAIN IN HAMILTON AND CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...ATWELL...BLACK CREEK
RESERVOIR...BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE...CASWELL LAKE...COLD BROOK...FIRST
LAKE...HOFFMEISTER...HOPE...INDIAN LAKE...LAKE PLEASANT...
NEWPORT...NOBLEBORO...NORTH WILMURT...OHIO...PISECO...POLAND...
SABAEL...SAGAMORE LAKE...SPECULATOR...WELLS AND WEST CANADA LAKES
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
$$
LAT...LON 4400 7428 4327 7418 4328 7473 4316 7476
4314 7509 4359 75042 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KALY 082226
FFSALY
NYC043-082315-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
626 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003
IN EASTERN NEW YORK
CENTRAL HERKIMER
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT ALBANY NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL HERKIMER COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE EITHER
DISSIPATED OR DRIFTED OUT OF THE AREA.
NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN
2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN AREA BETWEEN POLAND...OHIO...AND
NORTH WILMURT BETWEEN 400 PM AND 600 PM.
CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
LAT...LON 4356 7480 4312 7475 4321 7492 4317 7510
4349 7512
$$
GG000 WGUS71 KALY 082311 FFSALY NYC041-090015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 712 PM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT ALBANY NEW YORK HAS CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HAMILTON COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS HAVE DECREASED AND WERE MOVING NORTHWARD OUT OF THE COUNTY. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED BUT RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN AREA BETWEEN ARIETTA AND PISECO...NEAR BEAVER LAKE...AND NORTH OF BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS. CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE. $$ GG
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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.