Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2007, 2:42 PM EDT for Greene County, New York. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2007, 2:42 PM EDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2007, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Greene County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 654 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 725 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 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 101842
FFWALY
NYC039-110045-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
242 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...CATSKILL...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 233 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN ACROSS THE CATSKILLS
IN GREENE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINDHAM...
PRATTSVILLE AND COXSACKIE
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNED AREA WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON
SOME SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE FOLLOWING SMALL STREAMS...CATSKILL CREEK...JAN DE BAKKERS
KILL...WEST KILL...SHINGLE KILL...COB CREEK AND THE STONY CLOVE
CREEK.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBANY.
LAT...LON 4220 7453 4212 7427 4210 7394 4230 7380
4244 7381 4240 7423 4236 7426 4234 7444
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KALY 102102
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
502 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
NYC039-110045-
GREENE NY-
502 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
GREENE COUNTY...
AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MORE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD GREENE COUNTY WHICH ARE EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE SOME FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND CONTINUE INTO
THIS EVENING.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINDHAM...PRATTSVILLE AND COXSACKIE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON
SOME SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE FOLLOWING SMALL STREAMS...CATSKILL CREEK...JAN DE BAKKERS
KILL...WEST KILL...SHINGLE KILL...COB CREEK AND THE STONY CLOVE
CREEK.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBANY.
LAT...LON 4220 7453 4212 7427 4210 7394 4230 7380
4244 7381 4240 7423 4236 7426 4234 7444
$$000
WGUS71 KALY 110044
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
844 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
NYC039-110054-
GREENE NY-
844 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM EDT FOR GREENE
COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4220 7453 4212 7427 4210 7394 4230 7380
4244 7381 4240 7423 4236 7426 4234 7444
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 49 min |
| May 10, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 53 min |
| May 10, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 47 min |
| May 10, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 36 min |
| May 10, 3:03 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery | 6 hr |
| May 10, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 45 min |
| May 10, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 67 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.