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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Albany, NY

December 1, 2010Hamilton County, New York

NWS Albany, NY issued this river flood warning at Dec 1, 2010, 5:18 PM EST for Hamilton County, New York. It took effect at Dec 1, 2010, 6:49 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 1, 2010, 5:18 PM EST (22:18 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 1, 2010, 6:49 PM EST
Expired: Dec 2, 2010, 5:28 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Albany, NY
Flood severity: Minor

County Hamilton County, NY

The radar

The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sacandaga River at Hope (HOPN6).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 7 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 01321000, 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 Dec 1, 4:50 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 4:50 PM EST, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 1, 4:25 PM EST, 53 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 1, 1:46 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
146 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

NYZ033-038>040-047-048-082-011930-
HAMILTON NY-SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-
MONTGOMERY NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-
146 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS IN

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  HERKIMER COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 137 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS UP TO 50
MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES WEST OF MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND TO CAROGA
LAKE TO 7 MILES WEST OF SHARON SPRINGS TO SUMMIT...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SPECULATOR TO 11 MILES
NORTHWEST OF GLOVERSVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CANAJOHARIE TO 11
MILES EAST OF MARYLAND...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE NEAR...
SHARON SPRINGS...RICHMONDVILLE...CANAJOHARIE AND AMES BY 150 PM...
MOFFITT BEACH CAMPGROUND AND LAKE PLEASANT BY 155 PM...
SPECULATOR...NORTH BLENHEIM AND COBLESKILL BY 200 PM...
GILBOA BY 205 PM...

RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL OCCUR WITH THIS LINE.

LAT...LON 4316 7457 4358 7464 4360 7420 4302 7413
      4237 7429 4244 7464 4251 7471 4253 7472
      4262 7464 4274 7468 4283 7466 4287 7478
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 265DEG 24KT 4350 7451 4317 7443
          4283 7468 4256 7461

FRUGIS

Special weather statement, Dec 1, 2:17 PM EST, 3 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
217 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

NYZ033-039>042-047>053-058>060-063-064-082-083-012000-
WESTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-
WESTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-HAMILTON NY-
SCHOHARIE NY-WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ALBANY NY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-
NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN WARREN NY-
SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN FULTON NY-NORTHERN FULTON NY-
217 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

...HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS IN

  HAMILTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  SCHOHARIE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...
  ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  ULSTER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SCHENECTADY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  FULTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NEW YORK...

AT 212 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS UP TO AROUND
50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM SPECULATOR TO 6 MILES NORTH OF DELANSON TO
PHOENICIA...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SPECULATOR TO 8 MILES
SOUTH OF AMSTERDAM TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HUNTER...AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
KENNETH L WILSON CAMPGROUND AND BERNE BY 225 PM EST
GLENVILLE...ROTTERDAM JUNCTION AND EDINBURG BY 230 PM EST
WOODSTOCK...WESTERLO...GALWAY AND ALTAMONT BY 235 PM EST
NORTH-SOUTH LAKE CAMPGROUND BY 240 PM EST

LAT...LON 4370 7374 4286 7363 4203 7376 4208 7393
      4202 7395 4200 7444 4282 7431 4366 7443
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 266DEG 23KT 4358 7428 4283 7417
          4209 7428

Special weather statement, Dec 1, 2:58 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
258 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

MAZ001-025-NYZ041-050-052>054-059>061-083-084-VTZ013-012030-
EASTERN COLUMBIA NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY-EASTERN ALBANY NY-
SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY-BENNINGTON VT-
SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-
258 PM EST WED DEC 1 2010

...HEAVY RAINS SHOWERS IN

  BENNINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT...
  ALBANY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  RENSSELAER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...

AT 253 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS UP TO AROUND
50 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CORINTH TO LOUDONVILLE TO CLERMONT...OR ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES WEST OF GLENS FALLS TO LATHAM TO
SAUGERTIES...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
GLENS FALLS...CENTER BRUNSWICK...WYANTSKILL AND WYNANTSKILL BY 305 PM
EST
HUDSON FALLS...WEST SAND LAKE...PHILMONT AND NASSAU BY 310 PM EST
GREENWICH BY 315 PM EST
STEPHENTOWN BY 320 PM EST

LAT...LON 4204 7331 4205 7352 4202 7353 4201 7374
      4208 7394 4213 7392 4215 7395 4277 7385
      4278 7382 4281 7386 4336 7387 4338 7350
      4331 7326 4331 7319 4277 7318
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 265DEG 35KT 4328 7374 4273 7373
          4209 7384

Special weather statement, Dec 1, 3:10 PM EST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 1, 3:28 PM EST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Dec 1, 4:05 PM EST, 1 hour 13 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
Dec 1, 11:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	13 hr
Dec 1, 11:59 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery	4 hr
Dec 1, 12:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Albany, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster	6 hr
Dec 1, 1:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie	44 min
Dec 1, 1:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ALY	Fulton	47 min
Dec 1, 2:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Albany, Greene, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren	43 min
Dec 1, 2:30 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ALY	Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Warren, Washington	4 hr
Dec 1, 2:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Greene, Schoharie	7 hr
Dec 1, 2:46 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Herkimer	5 hr
Dec 1, 2:58 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Washington	32 min
Dec 1, 3:28 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Columbia, Rensselaer, Washington	32 min
Dec 1, 6:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ALY	Ulster	5 hr
Dec 1, 4:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ALY	Bennington, Windham	40 min
Dec 1, 4:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Bennington, Windham	3 hr
Dec 1, 4:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ALY	Northwest Hills Planning Region	2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in New York, 2010 Every 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.