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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2008, 9:28 PM EST for Albany County, Rensselaer County, Saratoga County, New York. It took effect at Mar 9, 2008, 1:23 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2008, 9:28 PM EST (02:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 9, 2008, 1:23 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2008, 5:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 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 02:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 8, 6:50 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 6:50 PM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 611 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 NYZ032-033-042-091200- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- 611 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. .DAY ONE...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. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT ANY ICE...SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NYZ038>041-043-047-048-050-051-082>084-VTZ013>015-091200- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- WESTERN ALBANY-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 611 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE THE MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...SARATOGA...SOUTHEAST WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...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. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT ANY ICE...SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ049-052>054-058>061-063>066-091200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 611 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT TO 5 PM EDT SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...CAPITALDISTRICT...THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS PLEASE REPORT EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 8, 8:24 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
824 PM EST SAT MAR 08 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0812 PM TSTM WND DMG SHEFFIELD 42.11N 73.35W
03/08/2008 BERKSHIRE MA TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE REPORTED DOWN.
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KLIPTONSpecial weather statement, Mar 8, 8:45 PM EST, 43 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Columbia, Rensselaer | 44 min |
| Mar 8, 8:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 17 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:50 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 16 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington | 38 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:52 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Saratoga | 31 hr |
| Mar 8, 10:57 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:26 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 12:01 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Schoharie | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 8:22 AM EDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer | 14 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:34 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 4 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:53 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 35 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in New York, 2008Every 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.