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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Albany, NY

January 25, 2010Ulster County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jan 25, 2010, 3:53 PM EST for Ulster County, New York. It took effect at Jan 25, 2010, 6:03 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 25, 2010, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2010, 6:03 PM EST
Expired: Jan 26, 2010, 3:45 AM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Ulster County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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 Esopus Creek at Mount Marion (MRNN6). The gauge peaked at 21.00 ft at Jan 25, 2010, 8:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01364500, 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 Jan 25, 3:52 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 3:52 PM EST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 11:51 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1151 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-261200-
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-
1151 AM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE
INCH OR GREATER...ANY FLOODING...OR REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR
WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE
SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET...OR THE TELEPHONE.

TAW

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 25, 2:39 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 2:40 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
240 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SUMMIT                  42.58N 74.59W
01/25/2010                   SCHOHARIE          NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROCKSLIDE/MUDSLIDE BLOCKING ONE LANE OF RT 10.

0153 PM     FLASH FLOOD      NORFOLK                 41.99N 73.20W
01/25/2010                   LITCHFIELD         CT   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MUDSLIDE BLOCKING ROUTE 44.

0215 PM     FLASH FLOOD      RICHMONDVILLE           42.63N 74.56W
01/25/2010                   SCHOHARIE          NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WARNERVILLE CUT OFF CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

OKEEFE

Local storm report, Jan 25, 2:48 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
248 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG WAPPINGERS FALLS        41.60N 73.92W
01/25/2010                   DUTCHESS           NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN.

&&

OKEEFE

Local storm report, Jan 25, 3:31 PM EST, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 25, 3:36 PM EST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
336 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ROTTERDAM               42.78N 73.95W
01/25/2010                   SCHENECTADY        NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EAST PALMER AVE AND PALMER STREET FLOODED.

&&

OKEEFE

Local storm report, Jan 25, 3:43 PM EST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
343 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     FLASH FLOOD      SCHENECTADY             42.80N 73.93W
01/25/2010                   SCHENECTADY        NY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WEAVER STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

OKEEFE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 10:20 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Ulster	86 min
Jan 25, 10:26 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Greene, Ulster	3 hr
Jan 25, 10:52 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	6 hr
Jan 25, 11:16 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	14 hr
Jan 25, 11:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Columbia, Dutchess	97 min
Jan 25, 11:34 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Schoharie, Ulster	6 hr
Jan 25, 12:21 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie	6 hr
Jan 25, 12:44 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Dutchess	6 hr
Jan 25, 1:02 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady	6 hr
Jan 25, 1:12 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington	6 hr
Jan 25, 1:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	12 hr
Jan 25, 1:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Schoharie	16 hr
Jan 25, 1:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Schoharie	12 hr
Jan 25, 1:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schoharie	16 hr
Jan 25, 1:33 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie	23 hr
Jan 25, 1:47 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	6 hr
Jan 25, 3:29 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Washington	17 hr
Jan 25, 4:00 PM EST	Flood Watch	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more	12 hr
Jan 25, 5:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	9 hr
Jan 25, 5:22 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Ulster	15 hr
Jan 25, 5:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Washington	14 hr
Jan 25, 6:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie	15 hr
Jan 25, 11:55 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	80 min
Jan 25, 1:37 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	11 hr
Jan 25, 5:29 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	11 hr
Jan 25, 6:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Bennington	11 hr
Jan 25, 2:02 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region	26 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2010 Every river flood warning in 2010

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.