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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Albany, NY

February 25, 2010Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Feb 25, 2010, 6:03 PM EST for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Feb 25, 2010, 8:45 PM EST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2010, 6:03 PM EST (23:03 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2010, 8:45 PM EST
Expired: Feb 27, 2010, 7:20 AM EST
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT, Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Brookhaven radar (KOKX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Still River at Brookfield (BKFC3). The gauge peaked at 15.41 ft at Feb 26, 2010, 9:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01201487, 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 Feb 25, 4:15 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 4:15 PM EST, 1 hour 48 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
Feb 25, 4:31 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 4 more	62 hr
Feb 25, 11:48 AM EST	High Wind Warning	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington	19 hr
Feb 25, 5:10 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 4 more	12 hr
Feb 25, 6:02 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	6 hr

Nearby

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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.