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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Albany, NY

March 23, 2010Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2010, 2:18 AM EDT for Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 23, 2010, 7:38 AM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2010, 2:18 AM EDT (06:18 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2010, 7:38 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 24, 2010, 11:46 AM EDT
In force
28 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 06:17 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 Still River at Brookfield (BKFC3). The gauge peaked at 14.88 ft at Mar 23, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT.

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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 Mar 23, 1:33 AM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 1:33 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 22, 2:30 PM EDT, 11 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
230 PM EDT MON MAR 22 2010

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-231100-
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-
230 PM EDT MON MAR 22 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
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.

   FLOOD WATCH.

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

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND A DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE WIND GUSTS COULD EXCEED 45
MPH. IF CONDITIONS BECOME MORE CERTAIN...A WIND ADVISORY WOULD BE
ISSUED.

.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
Mar 22, 10:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster15 hr
Mar 22, 11:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYGreene, Schoharie12 hr
Mar 22, 11:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSchoharie26 hr
Mar 23, 12:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess6 hr
Mar 23, 12:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHamilton24 hr
Mar 23, 1:09 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie42 hr
Mar 23, 2:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSchoharie15 hr
Mar 23, 3:04 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster6 hr
Mar 23, 4:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster8 hr
Mar 23, 4:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster56 hr
Mar 23, 5:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWarren5 days
Mar 23, 5:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie12 hr
Mar 23, 6:00 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery5 hr
Mar 23, 9:40 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster29 hr
Mar 23, 11:32 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWashington7 hr
Mar 23, 11:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYWarren26 hr
Mar 23, 1:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga30 hr
Mar 23, 4:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga, Washington65 hr
Mar 23, 4:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYRensselaer, Saratoga65 hr
Mar 23, 5:05 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSaratoga, Washington9 hr
Mar 23, 6:11 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington11 hr
Mar 23, 7:05 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWindham15 hr
Mar 23, 9:39 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYWindham12 hr
Mar 23, 4:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region23 hr
Mar 23, 4:39 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region34 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.