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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

June 17, 2005Warren County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2005, 7:48 AM EDT for Warren County, New York. It was in force for 6 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 17, 2005, 7:48 AM EDT (11:48 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2005, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 6 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), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:49 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 17, 1:00 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	Hague, NY	STATE ROUTE 9N FROM HAGUE TO BOLTON LANDING IS SHUT DOWN DUE TO A WASHOUT ON TONGUE MOUNTAIN.

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 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 100 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 58 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KALY 171149
FFWALY
NYC113-171745-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
748 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 145 PM EDT

* AT 737 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROGERS ROCK
  CAMPGROUND...EAGLE POINT CAMPGROUND...CHESTERTOWN...WARRENSBURG...
  NORTH CREEK...JOHNSBURG...HAGUE AND BOLTON LANDING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN 
SINCE THURSDAY MORNING.

FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE GILEAD BROOK...CENTER POND 
BROOK...COOK BROOK...PEAKED MOUNTAIN BROOK...CARROLL BROOK...SHANTY 
BROOK AND KIBBY BROOK AS WELL AS OTHER SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

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.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.

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

LAT...LON 4346 7417 4348 7365 4356 7362 4367 7350
      4379 7347 4372 7421

$$

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS71 KALY 171504
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1101 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2005

NYC113-171745-
WARREN NY-
1101 AM EDT FRI JUN 17 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 145 PM EDT FOR WARREN
COUNTY...

AT 1100 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONE 
AREA OF SHOWERS HAD ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER OTHER 
SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND WILL 
MOVE INTO WARREN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WITH THE GROUND 
SATURATED IN WARREN COUNTY ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE MORE 
FLOODING.

FLOODING OF ROADS OCCURRED IN HORICON...JOHNBURG AND BOLTON LANDING 
OVERNIGHT. WATER LEVELS IN LAKE GEORGE REMAIN HIGH AND ARE FLOODING 
SOME LOW LYING AREAS AROUND THE LAKE. LAKE GEORGE WILL RISE SEVERAL 
MORE INCHES THIS AFTERNOON.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EAGLE POINT 
CAMPGROUND...CHESTERTOWN...NORTH CREEK...JOHNSBURG AND HAGUE.

LAT...LON 4346 7417 4348 7365 4356 7362 4367 7350
      4379 7347 4372 7421

$$

SNYDER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 10:51 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Warren, Washington	6 hr
Jun 17, 7:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	6 hr
Jun 17, 1:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	6 hr
Jun 17, 1:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Warren	6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.