Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Aug 18, 2011, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2011, 10:31 PM EDT

In force

85 min

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Dutchess County, NY

The Albany radar (KENX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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876 
WGUS51 KALY 190106
FFWALY
NYC027-190300-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0021.110819T0106Z-110819T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
906 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 859 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLEASANT
  RIDGE AND CROUSES STORE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

DOPPLER ESTIMATED RAINFALL REPORTS OVER 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE 
WARNED AREA. SOME OF THAT ESTIMATE MIGHT BE HAIL CONTAMINATED. 
HOWEVER...VERY FEW REPORTS OF HAIL HAS REPORTED SO FAR.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV.

&&

LAT...LON 4166 7371 4168 7363 4163 7362 4161 7366
      4162 7371

$$

HWJIV

328 
WGUS71 KALY 190231
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1031 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

NYC027-190240-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110819T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUTCHESS NY-
1031 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL DUTCHESS
COUNTY...

DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED 
OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 
THERE IS STILL AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF RESIDUAL PONDING OF WATER ON 
ROADWAYS.  

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY EMAIL AT
ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV OR ON FACEBOOK AT
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/US.NATIONALWEATHERSERVICE.ALBANY.GOV

LAT...LON 4166 7371 4168 7363 4163 7362 4161 7366
      4162 7371

$$

HWJIV

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.