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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Albany, NY

January 26, 2010Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Jan 26, 2010, 8:48 AM EST for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Jan 26, 2010, 4:19 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 26, 2010, 8:48 AM EST (13:48 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 26, 2010, 4:19 PM EST
Expired
Jan 27, 2010, 1:33 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Minor

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:48 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 Housatonic River at Gaylordsville (GAYC3). The gauge peaked at 7.93 ft at Jan 26, 2010, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01200500, 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, 6:57 PM EST, 13 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 6:57 PM EST, 13 hours 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 4:28 PM EST, 16 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
428 PM 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-
428 PM EST MON JAN 25 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.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
Jan 25, 11:38 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningALYHerkimer10 hr
Jan 26, 8:30 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida27 hr
Jan 26, 9:24 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningALYSchenectady4 hr
Jan 26, 11:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady2 hr
Jan 26, 8:48 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Connecticut, 2010Every 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.