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River Flood Warning 60, NWS Albany, NY

April 11, 2008Herkimer County, Oneida County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2008, 8:12 PM EDT for Herkimer County, Oneida County, New York. It took effect at Apr 12, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2008, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2008, 7:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2008, 11:26 AM EDT
In force: 52 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 00:12 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 West Canada Creek at Hinckley Dam (HIKN6).

Action stage: 1225 ft
Minor stage: 1227 ft
Moderate stage: 1228 ft
Major stage: 1230 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01343900, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 12:10 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery	11 hr
Apr 12, 4:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton	16 hr
Apr 12, 6:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Warren	12 hr
Apr 12, 6:42 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Saratoga, Washington	53 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.