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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Albany, NY

April 18, 2008Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2008, 9:13 AM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2008, 9:13 AM EDT (13:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2008, 1:13 PM EDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Minor

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 13:10 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).

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.

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 Apr 17, 7:45 PM EDT, 13 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 7:45 PM EDT, 13 hours 28 minutes before
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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.