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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Albany, NY

March 8, 2008Herkimer County, Oneida County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2008, 11:46 AM EST for Herkimer County, Oneida County, New York. It took effect at Mar 8, 2008, 10:16 PM EST. It was in force for 56 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2008, 11:46 AM EST (16:46 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 8, 2008, 10:16 PM EST
Expired: Mar 11, 2008, 6:53 AM EDT
In force: 56 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Herkimer County, NY, Oneida County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 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 river

Written for the forecast point Mohawk River at Utica (UCAN6).

Action stage: 401 ft
Minor stage: 403 ft
Moderate stage: 405 ft
Major stage: 407 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01342602, 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 8, 9:20 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 9:20 AM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 4:24 AM EST, 7 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
424 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

NYZ032-033-042-091200-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-
424 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN
ADIRONDACKS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND
MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NYZ038-082-091200-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN FULTON-
424 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER AND
SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND
MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ039>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084-
VTZ013>015-091200-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
424 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND SOUTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND
MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 1:21 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	36 hr
Mar 8, 1:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	30 hr
Mar 8, 1:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	54 hr
Mar 8, 3:34 PM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more	19 hr
Mar 8, 4:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	10 hr
Mar 8, 5:43 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	23 hr
Mar 8, 6:50 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	15 hr
Mar 8, 5:45 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.