Alert archive / New York / Flood Watches in 2007

Flood Watch 1, NWS Albany, NY

January 7, 20076 counties in New York; Bennington County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flood watch at Jan 7, 2007, 3:03 PM EST for 6 counties in New York; Bennington County, Vermont; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It took effect at Jan 8, 2007, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2007, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 8, 2007, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 8, 2007, 3:45 PM EST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
None

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 12:00Z on 2007-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
120 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 3:59 PM ESTWind AdvisoryALYColumbia, Rensselaer12 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in New York, 2007Flood Watches in Vermont, 2007Flood Watches in Massachusetts, 2007Every flood watch 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.