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River Flood Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY

March 8, 2009Montgomery County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2009, 10:38 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Saratoga County, Schenectady County, New York. It took effect at Mar 9, 2009, 12:37 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2009, 10:38 PM EDT (02:38 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 9, 2009, 12:37 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 9, 2009, 7:34 PM EDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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 Mohawk River at Schenectady (Freeman's Bridge) (SCHN6).

Action stage
216 ft
Minor stage
220 ft
Moderate stage
222 ft
Major stage
224 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01354500, 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, 10:30 PM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 10:30 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 8, 4:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-041>043-054-061-082>084-VTZ013>015-091100-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-
NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA-NORTHERN FULTON-
SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MASSACHUSETTS...THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA
REGION AND TACONICS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AS WELL AS SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WINTER MESSAGE FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. PLEASE REFER TO OUR FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WINTER MESSAGE FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. PLEASE REFER TO OUR FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

ANOTHER SYSTEM MIGHT BRING A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SOME FREEZING
RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REPORT
ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA INTERNET...PHONE
OR NYSPIN.

NYZ038>040-047>053-091100-
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEW YORK INCLUDING THE MOHAWK VALLEY...NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND
GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES. PLEASE REFER TO OUR FLOOD WATCH STATEMENT FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SOME FREEZING
RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE REPORT
ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA INTERNET...PHONE
OR NYSPIN.

CTZ001-013-NYZ058>060-063>066-091100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN GREENE-
EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-
WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
451 PM EDT SUN MAR 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT AND THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY
REGION OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BRING A WINTRY MIX INCLUDING SOME FREEZING
RAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 11:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady34 hr
Mar 9, 12:00 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYFulton, Herkimer35 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.