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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 12, 2008, 9:06 AM EST for Bennington County, Vermont. It took effect at Dec 12, 2008, 11:01 AM EST. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2008, 9:06 AM EST (14:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 12, 2008, 11:01 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 12, 2008, 12:02 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Bennington County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Walloomsac River near North Bennington (BNTV1). The gauge peaked at 6.96 ft at Dec 12, 2008, 10:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 7 ft
- Moderate stage
- 9 ft
- Major stage
- 11 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01334000, 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 Dec 12, 8:11 AM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 8:11 AM EST, 55 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 549 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 NYZ032-033-038-042-082-131200- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- 549 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE ADIRONDACKS AND ALL OF HERKIMER COUNTY. .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. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PLEASE ALSO SEND IN SNOW OR SLEET AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OR GREATER... OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER. NYZ039>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-131200- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 549 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CAPITAL REGION...CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...TACONICS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .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. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PLEASE ALSO SEND IN SNOW OR SLEET AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OR GREATER...OR ICE ACCRETION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER. CTZ001-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-131200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 549 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE LITCHFIELD HILLS...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN CATSKILLS. .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. FLOOD WATCH. ICE STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PLEASE ALSO SEND IN SNOW OR SLEET AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES OR GREATER...ICE ACCRETION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER...OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 INCHES AND OR REPORTS OF FLOODING. CTZ013-131200- SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD- 549 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. .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. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. PLEASE ALSO SEND IN SNOW OR SLEET AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES...ICE ACCRETION OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR GREATER...OR ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 12, 6:12 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 612 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 CTZ001-013-121200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT- 612 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY... AT 605 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...AROUND HALF INCH HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTH OF WOODBURY CENTER...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DANBURY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WOODBURY...WOODBURY CENTER AND 7 MILES EAST OF NEW PRESTON BY 620 AM EST LITCHFIELD AND LITCHFIELD GREEN BY 625 AM EST TORRINGTON BY 630 AM EST WINSTED AND NORFOLK BY 635 AM EST BGM WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
Local storm report, Dec 12, 6:16 AM EST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
616 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM ICE STORM NEW PALTZ 41.75N 74.08W
12/11/2008 ULSTER NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
0400 PM ICE STORM TAGHKANIC 42.14N 73.68W
12/11/2008 COLUMBIA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
0500 PM ICE STORM SAVOY 42.57N 73.02W
12/11/2008 BERKSHIRE MA LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
0500 PM ICE STORM SALT POINT 41.81N 73.79W
12/11/2008 DUTCHESS NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTY WIDE.
0930 PM ICE STORM KINGSTON 41.93N 74.00W
12/11/2008 ULSTER NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
140 REPORTS OF DOWNED POWER LINES THROUGHOUT ULSTER
COUNTY. TOWN OF ROCHESTER UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY.
0930 PM ICE STORM COHOES 42.77N 73.71W
12/11/2008 ALBANY NY TRAINED SPOTTER
FALLEN BRANCH ON CAR WINDSHIELD.
0930 PM ICE STORM COBLESKILL 42.68N 74.49W
12/11/2008 SCHOHARIE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
FALLEN LIMB ON WIRES.
0930 PM ICE STORM COXSACKIE 42.36N 73.81W
12/11/2008 GREENE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE REPORTS OF TREES DOWN.
1000 PM ICE STORM GILBOA 42.40N 74.40W
12/11/2008 SCHOHARIE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
1030 PM ICE STORM ATHENS 42.27N 73.81W
12/11/2008 GREENE NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREE LIMBS AND WIRES DOWN.
1045 PM ICE STORM POESTENKILL 42.69N 73.56W
12/11/2008 RENSSELAER NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
1100 PM ICE STORM SCHENECTADY 42.80N 73.93W
12/11/2008 SCHENECTADY NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
1145 PM ICE STORM COLEBROOK 41.99N 73.10W
12/11/2008 LITCHFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND WIRES DOWN IN COLEBROOK AND NORFOLK. ELEVATION
AROUND 1200 FT. PORTIONS OF ROUTE 44 CLOSED.
1200 AM ICE STORM CLIFTON PARK 42.85N 73.81W
12/12/2008 SARATOGA NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN.
1248 AM ICE STORM WINDSOR 42.51N 73.06W
12/12/2008 BERKSHIRE MA TRAINED SPOTTER
PLOWS REQUIRED TO REMOVE NUMEROUS TREE LIMBS FROM ROADS.
0118 AM ICE STORM NORTH ADAMS 42.69N 73.11W
12/12/2008 BERKSHIRE MA TRAINED SPOTTER
STATE ROUTE 2 CLOSED DUE TO MULTIPLE DOWNED TREES.
0147 AM ICE STORM WINSTED 41.93N 73.07W
12/12/2008 LITCHFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
0230 AM FLOOD KENT 41.72N 73.48W
12/12/2008 LITCHFIELD CT LAW ENFORCEMENT
SMALL STREAMS FLOODED SEVERAL ROADS NEAR KENT.
0300 AM ICE STORM GREENWICH 43.09N 73.50W
12/12/2008 WASHINGTON NY LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN...MAINLY
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.
0300 AM ICE STORM CORINTH 43.25N 73.83W
12/12/2008 SARATOGA NY NWS EMPLOYEE
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES
THROUGHOUT COUNTY.
0325 AM FLOOD CATSKILL 42.21N 73.87W
12/12/2008 GREENE NY TRAINED SPOTTER
CATSKILL CREEK OVERFLOWING ITS BANKS AT WEST MAIN ST.
0400 AM ICE STORM BRATTLEBORO 42.86N 72.57W
12/12/2008 WINDHAM VT LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. FREEZING RAIN WAS
FALLING.
0400 AM ICE STORM JAMAICA 43.10N 72.78W
12/12/2008 WINDHAM VT LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE AREA. 3 INCHES OF SNOW
AND SLEET ON ROADWAYS.
0420 AM ICE STORM WILMINGTON 42.87N 72.87W
12/12/2008 WINDHAM VT LAW ENFORCEMENT
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE AREA.
0430 AM FLOOD WAPPINGERS FALLS 41.60N 73.92W
12/12/2008 DUTCHESS NY EMERGENCY MNGR
3-4 FT OF WATER RESULTING IN EVACUATION OF COLONIAL
APARTMENTS NEAR ROUTE 9. APPROXIMATELY 36 INDIVIDUALS
EVACUATED.
0511 AM ICE STORM RED HOOK 42.00N 73.88W
12/12/2008 DUTCHESS NY EMERGENCY MNGR
TREES AND WIRES DOWN COUNTYWIDE. APPROXIMATELY 12 ROADS
CLOSED. HARDEST HIT AREA ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
COUNTY.
0533 AM ICE STORM AVERILL PARK 42.63N 73.55W
12/12/2008 RENSSELAER NY TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN. PORTIONS OF ROUTE 43
ARE CLOSED.
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KLIPTONSpecial weather statement, Dec 12, 6:43 AM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Dec 12, 12:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 12 hr |
| Dec 12, 12:56 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:19 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Greene, Ulster | 12 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:14 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia | 10 hr |
| Dec 12, 4:23 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 4 hr |
| Dec 12, 8:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Washington | 6 hr |
| Dec 12, 9:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Rensselaer, Washington | 17 hr |
| Dec 12, 11:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 26 hr |
| Dec 12, 2:57 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 28 hr |
| Dec 12, 5:35 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Bennington | 13 hr |
| Dec 12, 6:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Windham | 6 hr |
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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.