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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2005, 8:49 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2005, 8:49 PM EDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2005, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 671 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 861 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KALY 060050 FFWALY NYC041-043-060445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 849 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK * UNTIL 1245 AM EDT * AT 849 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND...LIMEKILN LAKE CAMPGROUND...LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND... LAKE DURANT CAMPGROUND...INLET...GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUND...EIGHTH LAKE CAMPGROUND...BROWN TRACT POND CAMPGROUND...ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...RAQUETTE LAKE...OLD FORGE...MCKEEVER...INDIAN LAKE AND EAGLE BAY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 4329 7510 4333 7419 4386 7425 4379 7514 $$ VTK/GG
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KALY 060301 FFSALY FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1100 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 NYC041-043-060445- HAMILTON NY-HERKIMER NY- 1100 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL HERKIMER AND CENTRAL HAMILTON COUNTIES... AT 1051 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NICKS LAKE CAMPGROUND...LIMEKILN LAKE CAMPGROUND...LEWEY LAKE CAMPGROUND...LAKE DURANT CAMPGROUND...INLET...GOLDEN BEACH CAMPGROUND...EIGHTH LAKE CAMPGROUND...BROWN TRACT POND CAMPGROUND...ALGER ISLAND PUBLIC CAMPGROUND...SPECULATOR...RAQUETTE LAKE...OLD FORGE...MCKEEVER... INDIAN LAKE AND EAGLE BAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBANY. LAT...LON 4329 7510 4333 7419 4386 7425 4379 7514 $$
000 WGUS71 KALY 060505 FFSALY FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 102 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 NYC041-043-060530- HAMILTON NY-HERKIMER NY- 102 AM EDT WED JUL 6 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 1245 AM EDT... LAT...LON 4329 7510 4333 7419 4386 7425 4379 7514 $$
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.