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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Albany, NY

April 29, 2008Saratoga County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2008, 9:01 AM EDT for Saratoga County, Washington County, New York. It took effect at Apr 29, 2008, 1:38 PM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2008, 9:01 AM EDT (13:01 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 29, 2008, 1:38 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2008, 12:28 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 13:04 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 Hudson River at Fort Edward (FTEN6). The gauge peaked at 26.22 ft at Apr 29, 2008, 8:00 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.

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 29, 6:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
456 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008

NYZ038>041-043-083-084-301100-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
456 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FREEZE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FREEZE WARNING.

A WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ013-NYZ049-050-052-053-059-060-064>066-301100-
SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
456 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY
OF NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT AND
MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FROST ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FROST ADVISORY.

A WIDESPREAD FROST IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-042-047-048-051-054-058-061-063-082-
VTZ013>015-301100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-SCHOHARIE-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
456 AM EDT TUE APR 29 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LITCHFIELD HILLS OF
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW
YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 4:00 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 2 more28 hr
Apr 29, 4:00 AM EDTFreeze WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren, Washington28 hr
Apr 29, 12:23 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga20 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.