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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Albany, NY

April 25, 2008Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2008, 10:11 AM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It took effect at Apr 25, 2008, 6:18 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2008, 10:11 AM EDT (14:11 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 25, 2008, 6:18 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 26, 2008, 5:10 AM EDT
In force
11 hr
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 14:08 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 24, 7:44 PM EDT, 14 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 7:44 PM EDT, 14 hours 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 8:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Washington9 hr
Apr 24, 10:42 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryALYFulton, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren, Washington8 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.