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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this areal flood warning at Mar 7, 2011, 4:52 AM EST for Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2011, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 7, 2011, 2:49 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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 nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 371 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 7, 4:26 AM EST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 4:26 AM EST, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 433 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 NYZ032-033-042-072145- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- 433 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SPRING STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ038>041-043-047-048-051-082-083-072145- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- 433 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SPRING STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ049-050-052>054-084-VTZ013-072145- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- 433 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SPRING STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. CTZ001-013-NYZ064>066-072145- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 433 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SPRING STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. MAZ001-025-NYZ059>061-063-VTZ014-015-072145- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 433 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SPRING STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. NYZ058-072145- WESTERN GREENE- 433 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST MONDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER SPRING STORM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 7, 12:56 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1256 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011 NYZ049-050-052>054-059>061-VTZ013>015-070800- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM... BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALBANY...TROY... HOOSICK FALLS...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO... BELLOWS FALLS 1256 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011 ...AN ICY MIX CONTINUES WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES... SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION...THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT THROUGH 3 AM. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE 20S. THE ICY MIX WILL TRANSITION TO HEAVY SNOW BETWEEN 2 AM AND 3 AM FROM THE TRI CITIES NORTH AND EAST. ICE ACCRETION HAS LOCALLY BUILT UP FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION AMOUNTS OF A TENTH OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE, HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET AMOUNTS OF A HALF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL ON. THE COMBINATION OF ICE...SNOW AND SLEET...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION. IT IS BEST TO PREPARE FOR POWER OUTAGES NOW BY MAKING SURE YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS AND THE APPROPRIATE SAFETY KITS READY. NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-058-063-082>084-070800- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN... ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH... PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH 1256 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES THIS MORNING... BANDS OF VERY HEAVY SNOW CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE NORTHERN SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...AND EASTERN CATSKILLS THROUGH 3 AM. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 1 AM AND 3 AM. NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AS WELL AS ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES FROM FALLING TREE LIMBS. DRIVING WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT ON THE ROADWAYS. CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ064>066-070800- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE... BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK... PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 1256 AM EST MON MAR 7 2011 ...HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN... COLDER AIR CONTINUES TO INFILTRATE NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT...THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND THE MID HUDSON VALLEY. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S. THE RAIN WILL TURN INTO FREEZING RAIN...WITH ICE BEGINNING TO BUILD UP ON TREES AND POWER LINES...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF POUGHKEEPSIE...AND TORRINGTON. ADDITIONAL RAIN OR LIQUID EQUIVALENT AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM TWO TENTHS TO A HALF AN INCH. ICE ACCRETIONS...WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING WILL BE A COATING TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A HALF AN INCH OR LESS. DRIVING ON ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO BE TREACHEROUS DUE TO PONDING OF WATER DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE...AND ANY SLEET OR ICE BUILDUP. WASULA FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
Local storm report, Mar 7, 2:17 AM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
217 AM EST MON MAR 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0144 AM FLOOD NEW MILFORD 41.59N 73.41W
03/07/2011 LITCHFIELD CT TRAINED SPOTTER
ROUTE 7 CLOSED BETWEEN ROUTE 202 AND SUNNY VALLEY ROAD
BECAUSE OF WATER OVER THE ROADWAY
&&
IAALocal storm report, Mar 7, 2:28 AM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 7:13 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 12 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:33 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Dutchess | 34 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:41 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 17 hr |
| Mar 6, 11:20 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Ulster | 14 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Ulster | 24 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Fulton, Herkimer | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:28 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Hamilton | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 9:37 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer, Oneida | 23 hr |
| Mar 7, 1:52 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 11 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:17 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Windham | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire, Hampden | 11 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:19 PM EST | River Flood Warning | ALY | Berkshire | 9 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Vermont, 2011Every areal flood warning in 2011
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.