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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Albany, NY

March 8, 2009Windham County, Windsor County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2009, 12:20 PM EDT for Windham County, Windsor County, Vermont. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2009, 12:20 PM EDT (16:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2009, 10:18 AM EDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Windham County, VT, Windsor County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Williams River near Rockingham (RKGV1).

Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01153550, 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 Mar 8, 7:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 7:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 5:07 AM EDT, 7 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
507 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-082>084-VTZ013>015-091100-
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-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
507 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT OF 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.

   FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING MAINLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE. IF THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES
MORE CERTAIN...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING MAINLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE. IF THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES
MORE CERTAIN...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND REPORTS OF ICE JAMS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE RIVER ICE REPORT FORM ON THE
INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE. SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND REPORTS
OF FLOODING AS WELL AS BANKFULL OR NEAR BANKFULL STREAMS OR RIVERS...
RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS OF AN INCH OR MORE...AND ANY REPORTS OF
FREEZING RAIN TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE SEVERE
WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE.

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ058>061-063>066-091100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
507 AM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
CATSKILLS...TACONICS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL NEW
YORK.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING MAINLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE. IF THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES
MORE CERTAIN...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING MAINLY ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH
OF ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLE. IF THE THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN BECOMES
MORE CERTAIN...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND ANY REPORTS OF FREEZING RAIN TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE
INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 8, 9:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 7, 8:42 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningALYHerkimer20 hr
Mar 7, 10:20 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningALYFulton, Montgomery12 hr
Mar 8, 12:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery10 hr
Mar 8, 1:44 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer8 hr
Mar 8, 5:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida4 days
Mar 8, 6:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Montgomery, Oneida8 hr
Mar 8, 4:02 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren and 1 more24 hr
Mar 8, 4:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery5 hr
Mar 8, 7:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSchenectady3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Vermont, 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.