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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY

April 4, 2009Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2009, 5:55 AM EDT for Hamilton County, New York. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2009, 5:55 AM EDT (09:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2009, 2:53 PM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Minor

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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 Sacandaga River at Hope (HOPN6).

Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
7 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01321000, 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 4, 5:02 AM EDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 5:02 AM EDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 5:04 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
504 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-051100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
504 AM EDT SAT APR 4 2009

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK 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.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY NEXT WEEK AS ANOTHER LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTS THE AREA.

.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 4, 2:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida45 hr
Apr 4, 8:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYOneida72 hr
Apr 4, 2:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer15 hr
Apr 4, 10:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.