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River Flood Warning 79, NWS Albany, NY

October 1, 2010Montgomery County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2010, 7:02 AM EDT for Montgomery County, New York. It took effect at Oct 1, 2010, 9:08 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 1, 2010, 7:02 AM EDT (11:02 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 1, 2010, 9:08 AM EDT
Expired
Oct 1, 2010, 3:39 PM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity
Minor

County Montgomery County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 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 Canajoharie Creek near Canajoharie (CNJN6). The gauge peaked at 7.78 ft at Oct 1, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
6 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
9 ft
Major stage
10 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 01349150, 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 Oct 1, 6:15 AM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 1, 6:15 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 1, 4:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 1, 6:33 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningALYFulton, Hamilton, Montgomery29 min
Sep 30, 8:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSaratoga, Warren3 hr
Sep 30, 9:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYSchoharie3 hr
Sep 30, 9:55 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Schoharie12 hr
Sep 30, 10:07 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYSaratoga12 hr
Sep 30, 10:16 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady12 hr
Sep 30, 11:15 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYGreene, Rensselaer, Ulster, Washington10 hr
Oct 1, 1:09 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYHamilton, Warren10 hr
Oct 1, 1:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster17 hr
Oct 1, 2:49 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYGreene, Schoharie13 hr
Oct 1, 4:06 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYColumbia, Dutchess10 hr
Oct 1, 4:36 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYHerkimer6 hr
Oct 1, 5:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYFulton, Herkimer, Montgomery24 hr
Oct 1, 6:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer8 hr
Oct 1, 7:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHamilton12 hr
Oct 1, 8:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Montgomery, Oneida6 hr
Oct 1, 8:53 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster6 hr
Oct 1, 9:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster9 hr
Oct 1, 9:24 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYGreene, Ulster12 hr
Oct 1, 9:43 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYSchoharie6 hr
Oct 1, 9:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYSaratoga6 hr
Oct 1, 10:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYAlbany, Schenectady12 hr
Oct 1, 10:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWashington6 hr
Oct 1, 12:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie8 hr
Oct 1, 2:40 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSchoharie17 hr
Oct 1, 2:58 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady17 hr
Oct 1, 3:56 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryALYHamilton, Herkimer15 hr
Oct 1, 1:32 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYBennington10 hr
Oct 1, 6:31 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYWindham10 hr
Oct 1, 10:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington22 hr
Oct 1, 10:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington5 hr
Oct 1, 11:03 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBennington5 hr
Oct 1, 11:41 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYBennington, Windham8 hr
Oct 1, 5:41 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYNorthwest Hills Planning Region10 hr
Oct 1, 4:10 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYGreater Bridgeport Planning Region, Northwest Hills Planning Region12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 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.