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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY

June 13, 2005Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2005, 5:20 PM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2005, 5:20 PM EDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Warren County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 6:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODWarrensburg, NY3 PLUS INCHES OF RAIN - SERIOUS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 188 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 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 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
188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
845 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KALY 132124
FFWALY
NYC113-140015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
520 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR 
ESTIMATED
  THAT UP TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AND MORE
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE AREA.

* THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS BETWEEN WARRENSBURG AND 
  LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 4342 7383 4339 7366 4353 7367 4358 7390

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KALY 132237
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
633 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC113-140015-
WARREN NY-
633 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
WARREN COUNTY...

AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
RAINFALL IN SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY OF OVER 4 INCHES WITH OBSERVED 
RAINFALL OVER 3 INCHES.  THE RAIN HAS SUBSIDED...BUT THE THREAT OF A 
FEW MORE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES.  THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLOODING 
IS FROM WARRENSBURG TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAKE GEORGE VILLAGE.
 

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBANY.

LAT...LON 4342 7383 4339 7366 4353 7367 4358 7390

$$
000 
WGUS71 KALY 132339
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
734 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

NYC113-140015-
WARREN NY-
734 PM EDT MON JUN 13 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR WARREN
COUNTY...

THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY DIMINISHED EARLIER THIS 
EVENING WHERE RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES FELL. FLOODING IN THESE 
AREAS SHOULD BE DIMINISHING. BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM AND NEW BAND 
OF THUNDERSTORMS FORMED FURTHER NORTH ALONG A LINE FROM WEVERTOWN TO 
DARROWSVILLE TO NORTH BOLTON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL IN 
THESE AREAS AT TWO AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES.


LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CHESTERTOWN...WARRENSBURG...NORTH CREEK...JOHNSBURG AND BOLTON
LANDING.

LAT...LON 4336 7385 4328 7377 4332 7363 4372 7362
      4371 7422

$$

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.