Alert archive / Vermont / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Nov 28, 2004, 12:58 PM EST for Windham 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2004, 12:58 PM EST (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2004, 6:45 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 447 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 281758
FFWALY
VTC025-282345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1258 PM EST SUN NOV 28 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TOWNSHEND...STRATTON...LONDONDERRY...
BRATTLEBORO
* UNTIL 645 PM EST
* AT 1246 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS WINDHAM COUNTY WITH AMOUNTS OF
HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH HAVING ALREADY FALLEN. THE RAIN WAS
CONTINUING TO ADVANCE NORTH AND EAST.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILMINGTON...WEST WARDSBORO...VERNON...SAXTONS RIVER...PUTNEY AND
NEWFANE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
FLOODING IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ALONG SECTIONS OF THE
SPRAGUE BROOK...BORDEN BROOK...KEETS BROOK...ROARING BROOK...BRANCH
BROOK...ELLIS BROOK...BILL BROOK...HARRISVILLE BROOK...HINESBURG
BROOK...WAITE BROOK...BEMIS BROOK...BAKER BROOK AND WHETSTONE BROOK.
IN ADDITION SECTIONS OF OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
HILLY TERRAIN WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
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.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBANY.
LAT...LON 4276 7291 4275 7248 4285 7257 4305 7246
4324 7248 4322 7268 4326 7283 4312 7286
4310 7299 4296 7300 4294 7293
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 1:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.