Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Albany, NY

Issued

Aug 21, 2011, 1:14 PM EDT (17:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2011, 2:58 PM EDT

In force

104 min

Issued by

NWS Albany, NY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Dutchess County, NY

The Albany radar (KENX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 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.

176 
WGUS51 KALY 211714
FFWALY
NYC027-212315-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0023.110821T1714Z-110821T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
114 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DUTCHESS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...RHINEBECK...POUGHKEEPSIE...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 108 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  STANFORDVILLE...STAATSBURG...RED HOOK AND AMENIA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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. 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 4168 7394 4176 7394 4177 7395 4179 7395
      4188 7394 4190 7396 4192 7396 4204 7394
      4194 7351 4167 7352 4164 7351 4156 7396

$$

SND

252 
WGUS71 KALY 211858
FFSALY

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
258 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

NYC027-211908-
/O.CAN.KALY.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110821T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DUTCHESS NY-
258 PM EDT SUN AUG 21 2011

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

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR NORTHERN CONNECTICUT AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND
EASTERN NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

LAT...LON 4168 7394 4176 7394 4177 7395 4179 7395
      4188 7394 4190 7396 4192 7396 4204 7394
      4194 7351 4167 7352 4164 7351 4156 7396

$$

SND

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.