Alert archive / New York / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2011, 3:37 PM EDT for Saratoga County, Warren County, New York. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2011, 3:37 PM EDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2011, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Saratoga County, NY, Warren County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:07 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Thurman, NY | FLOODING AT GLEN ATHOL ROAD AND VALLEY ROAD INTERSECTION. PART OF ROAD WASHED AWAY. |
| May 28, 4:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Stony Creek, NY | FLOODING ON HARRISBURG ROAD IN STONY CREEK. |
| May 28, 4:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Thurman, NY | FLOODING ON RIVER ROAD IN THURMAN. |
| May 28, 4:38 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Stony Creek, NY | NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED IN STONY CREEK AND THURMAN DUE TO FLOODING...INCLUDING HIGH STREET AND MOUNTAIN ROAD IN STONY CREEK. |
| May 28, 5:07 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Warrensburg, NY | INTERSTATE 87 CLOSED BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND 25 DUE TO FLOODING AND DEBRIS WASHING ACROSS ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
554
WGUS51 KALY 281937
FFWALY
NYC091-113-290130-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0013.110528T1937Z-110529T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
337 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN SARATOGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
WARREN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WARRENSBURG...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CHESTERTOWN
RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS RESULTING IN HEAVY
RAIN OF 1 TO 2 MORE INCHES WITH RAPID RUNOFF OCCURRING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 4358 7417 4361 7392 4378 7370 4378 7361
4366 7363 4340 7377 4332 7393 4327 7413
$$
JPV3 follow-up statements
156
WGUS71 KALY 282051
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
451 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011
NYC091-113-290130-
/O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110529T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NY-SARATOGA NY-
451 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 443 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR THE PUBLIC REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLASH
FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF WARREN COUNTY. ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY
WASHED OUT IN THE TOWNS OF THURMAN AND CHESTERTOWN. FLASH FLOODING
MAY ALSO BE IMPACTING PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWARY...NORTH OF
WARRENSBURG.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AND MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND NOW!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 4358 7417 4361 7392 4378 7370 4378 7361
4366 7363 4340 7377 4332 7393 4327 7413
$$
JPV631
WGUS71 KALY 282133
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
533 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011
NYC091-113-290130-
/O.CON.KALY.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110529T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NY-SARATOGA NY-
533 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 530 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUED TO
REPORT SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING OVER PORTIONS OF WARREN COUNTY.
FLASH FLOODING HAS RESULTED THE CLOSURE OF BOTH THE NORTHBOUND AND
SOUTHBOUND LANES OF NORTHWAY...INTERSTATE 87...BETWEEN EXITS 23 AND
25.
IN ADDITION...ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY WASHED OUT IN THE TOWNS OF
THURMAN AND CHESTERTOWN.
RUNOFF FROM SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN DUE TO REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUES TO CAUSE RAPID RUNOFF AND SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER AND MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND NOW!
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME
KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR
CREEKS.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
&&
LAT...LON 4358 7417 4361 7392 4378 7370 4378 7361
4366 7363 4340 7377 4332 7393 4327 7413
$$
JPV049
WGUS71 KALY 290127
FFSALY
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
927 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011
NYC091-113-290132-
/O.EXP.KALY.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110529T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WARREN NY-SARATOGA NY-
927 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
SARATOGA AND WARREN COUNTIES...
ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED WITHIN THE WARNING
AREA...MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN VIGILANT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF
STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING...POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS...AND BE PREPARED FOR POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV.
LAT...LON 4358 7417 4361 7392 4378 7370 4378 7361
4366 7363 4340 7377 4332 7393 4327 7413
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Herkimer | 23 min |
| May 27, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Herkimer | 62 min |
| May 27, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 41 min |
| May 27, 10:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Herkimer | 3 hr |
| May 27, 11:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Oneida | 45 min |
| May 27, 11:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Fulton | 30 min |
| May 27, 11:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Montgomery | 56 min |
| May 27, 11:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ALY | Herkimer | 3 hr |
| May 28, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Fulton, Greene, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie | 39 min |
| May 28, 12:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 28 min |
| May 28, 12:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Albany, Saratoga, Schenectady | 47 min |
| May 28, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Hamilton, Warren | 41 min |
| May 28, 1:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga, Warren, Washington | 50 min |
| May 28, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 56 min |
| May 28, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren | 54 min |
| May 28, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 39 min |
| May 28, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Saratoga | 38 min |
| May 28, 2:53 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren | 4 hr |
| May 28, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 26 min |
| May 28, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ALY | Warren | 40 min |
| May 28, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ALY | Warren, Washington | 67 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ALY | Warren | 4 days |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.