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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2008, 1:46 AM EST for Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It took effect at Mar 6, 2008, 4:49 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2008, 1:46 AM EST (06:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2008, 4:49 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2008, 11:41 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Albany County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Hudson River at Troy (TRYN6).
- Action stage
- 21 ft
- Minor stage
- 21.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 27 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01358000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 6, 12:50 AM EST, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 12:50 AM EST, 56 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 2:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 25 hr |
| Mar 6, 3:17 PM EST | Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 8 more | 61 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.