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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Albany, NY

March 30, 2010Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Mar 30, 2010, 9:35 AM EDT for Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut. It took effect at Mar 30, 2010, 3:18 PM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2010, 9:35 AM EDT (13:35 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 30, 2010, 3:18 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 2, 2010, 5:35 AM EDT
In force
62 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Moderate

County Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:35 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 9.04 ft at Mar 31, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT.

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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 Mar 30, 7:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 7:34 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:28 AM EDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
428 AM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ040-043-047-048-051-053-054-058>061-063>066-
084-VTZ013>015-311100-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-
EASTERN WINDHAM-
428 AM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY AND TACONICS OF
NEW YORK...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY 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 UNTIL 6 PM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO SEND FLOODING REPORTS...OR RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR MORE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE
SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE.

NYZ032-033-038-039-041-042-049-050-052-082-083-311100-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
428 AM EDT TUE MAR 30 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK
INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND CAPITAL
DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE NORTHERN SARATOGA REGION...AND THE SOUTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A SOAKING RAINFALL OF A HALF AN INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES IS
EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THIS REGION THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME WITHIN
BANK FULL RISES ON SOME RIVERS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...HOWEVER SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR MORE TO THE
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA THE SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FORM ON
THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE.

FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 30, 12:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYDutchess, Ulster108 min
Mar 30, 9:16 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess4 hr
Mar 30, 11:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYUlster36 hr
Mar 30, 12:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYColumbia6 hr
Mar 30, 12:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYDutchess6 hr
Mar 30, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYGreene6 hr
Mar 30, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYFulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Warren6 hr
Mar 30, 7:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region5 hr
Mar 30, 9:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region3 days
Mar 30, 12:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region12 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.