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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Albany, NY

April 12, 2008Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2008, 6:42 PM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It took effect at Apr 13, 2008, 3:30 AM EDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2008, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2008, 3:30 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2008, 12:04 AM EDT
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Saratoga County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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 Fort Edward (FTEN6). The gauge peaked at 26.33 ft at Apr 13, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01327750, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida63 hr
Apr 12, 12:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery11 hr
Apr 12, 4:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHamilton16 hr
Apr 12, 6:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Warren12 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.