Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2007, 3:03 PM EDT for Montgomery 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, 3:03 PM EDT (19:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2007, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 101903
FFWALY
NYC057-110100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
303 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...FONDA...CANAJOHARIE...AMSTERDAM...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN ACROSS MONTGOMERY
COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRIBES
HILL...ST. JOHNSVILLE...HAGAMAN...FORT PLAIN AND FORT JOHNSON.
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 OTSQUAGO CREEK...CAROGA CREEK...AURIES
CREEK...AND FLAT 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 4287 7476 4278 7444 4279 7428 4280 7426
4281 7426 4290 7409 4298 7410 4298 7454
4304 7474
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KALY 102150
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
550 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
NYC057-110100-
MONTGOMERY NY-
550 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING
MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TRIBES
HILL...ST. JOHNSVILLE...HAGAMAN...FORT PLAIN...FORT
JOHNSON...FONDA...CANAJOHARIE AND AMSTERDAM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA WHICH WOULD BE ENOUGH RAINFALL TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON
SOME SMALL STREAMS. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG BUT NOT LIMITED TO
THE FOLLOWING SMALL STREAMS...OTSQUAGO CREEK...CAROGA CREEK...AURIES
CREEK...AND FLAT CREEK.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBANY.
LAT...LON 4287 7476 4278 7444 4279 7428 4280 7426
4281 7426 4290 7409 4298 7410 4298 7454
4304 7474
$$000
WGUS71 KALY 110058
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
858 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
NYC057-110108-
MONTGOMERY NY-
858 PM EDT THU MAY 10 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM EDT FOR MONTGOMERY
COUNTY...
LAT...LON 4287 7476 4278 7444 4279 7428 4280 7426
4281 7426 4290 7409 4298 7410 4298 7454
4304 7474
$$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, 2:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Greene | 6 hr |
| May 10, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 36 min |
| 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.