Alert archive / New York / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 62, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2008, 4:31 PM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2008, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2008, 8:51 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Hamilton County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 Sacandaga River at Hope (HOPN6). The gauge peaked at 7.55 ft at Apr 12, 2008, 8:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 10 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01321000, 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 11, 8:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Oneida | 63 hr |
| Apr 12, 12:10 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 11 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, 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.