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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Burlington, VT

December 28, 2008Clinton County, New York

NWS Burlington, VT issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2008, 4:22 PM EST for Clinton County, New York. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2008, 4:22 PM EST (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Dec 29, 2008, 8:26 PM EST
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT
Flood severity: Moderate

County Clinton County, NY

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Great Chazy River at Perry Mills (CZRN6). The gauge peaked at 11.37 ft at Dec 29, 2008, 1:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04271500, 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 Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 28, 2:42 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 2:42 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 28, 2:30 AM EST	High Wind Warning	BTV	Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2008 Every 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.