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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Albany, NY

July 30, 2009Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jul 30, 2009, 10:04 AM EDT for Rensselaer County, Washington County, New York. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2009, 10:04 AM EDT (14:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Rensselaer County, NY, Washington County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Hoosic River at Eagle Bridge (EAGN6). The gauge peaked at 11.13 ft at Jul 30, 2009, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01334500, 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 Jul 30, 6:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 6:43 AM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 10:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Greene, Rensselaer	15 hr
Jul 29, 10:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Dutchess, Ulster	7 hr
Jul 29, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia	10 hr
Jul 30, 1:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene	3 hr
Jul 30, 12:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer	18 hr
Jul 30, 3:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Ulster, Washington	28 hr
Jul 29, 11:15 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	15 hr
Jul 30, 1:39 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	4 hr
Jul 30, 3:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Berkshire	7 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2009 Every 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.