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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Albany, NY

August 28, 2011Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts

NWS Albany, NY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2011, 4:52 AM EDT for Columbia County, New York; Berkshire County, Massachusetts. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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
Aug 28, 2011, 4:52 AM EDT (08:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2011, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Berkshire County, MA, Columbia County, NY

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:52 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 28, 7:47 AM EDTFLASH FLOODNorth Adams, MALANDSLIDE WITH GAS LINE EXPOSED ON MINOR STREET.
Aug 28, 10:00 AM EDTFLOODOtis, MARTE 57 AND RTE 8 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS WASHED OUT.
Aug 28, 10:00 AM EDTFLASH FLOODOtis, MARTE 57 AND RTE 8 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS WASHED OUT.

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 00:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 59 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2011-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
809 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

113 
WGUS51 KALY 280852
FFWALY
MAC003-NYC021-281445-
/O.NEW.KALY.FF.W.0029.110828T0852Z-110828T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
452 AM EDT SUN AUG 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  COLUMBIA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...HUDSON...CHATHAM...
  BERKSHIRE COUNTY IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT
  BARRINGTON...

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT

* AT 442 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED 
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE
  IRENE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LENOX...
  WILLIAMSTOWN...SAVOY...PITTSFIELD...NEW ASHFORD...HANCOCK... 
  FLORIDA...CHESHIRE...ADAMS...VALATIE...NEW LEBANON AND KINDERHOOK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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. 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 4239 7300 4238 7306 4233 7306 4231 7299
      4216 7302 4214 7307 4204 7305 4205 7352
      4198 7354 4208 7393 4223 7385 4228 7378
      4247 7378 4251 7336 4275 7326 4274 7306
      4271 7301 4271 7295 4267 7298 4263 7294

$$

SND

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 2:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYGreene, Ulster6 hr
Aug 28, 2:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYDutchess6 hr
Aug 28, 5:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster21 hr
Aug 28, 5:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYGreene, Schoharie17 hr
Aug 28, 5:55 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSchoharie23 hr
Aug 28, 7:17 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYAlbany, Schoharie6 hr
Aug 28, 7:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster64 hr
Aug 28, 7:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster33 hr
Aug 28, 7:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYDutchess29 hr
Aug 28, 8:10 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYDutchess, Ulster13 hr
Aug 28, 8:17 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYGreene, Ulster12 hr
Aug 28, 8:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYDutchess12 hr
Aug 28, 8:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington6 hr
Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady38 hr
Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYSchoharie20 hr
Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Schoharie20 hr
Aug 28, 9:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie38 hr
Aug 28, 9:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYRensselaer, Washington32 hr
Aug 28, 10:42 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYDutchess41 hr
Aug 28, 10:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYColumbia23 hr
Aug 28, 11:11 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYWarren, Washington6 hr
Aug 28, 11:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryALYDutchess3 hr
Aug 28, 12:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYHerkimer6 hr
Aug 28, 12:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie48 hr
Aug 28, 2:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYFulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, Washington12 hr
Aug 28, 3:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery16 hr
Aug 28, 3:36 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWashington35 hr
Aug 28, 4:50 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYAlbany, Saratoga, Schenectady33 hr
Aug 28, 4:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer, Saratoga48 hr
Aug 28, 4:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYAlbany, Rensselaer43 hr
Aug 28, 5:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYWarren, Washington42 hr
Aug 28, 5:01 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYWashington34 hr
Aug 28, 5:06 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster34 hr
Aug 28, 6:09 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningALYHerkimer14 hr
Aug 28, 6:34 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYUlster22 hr
Aug 28, 6:38 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Montgomery, Oneida5 hr
Aug 28, 4:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBerkshire, Hampden22 hr
Aug 28, 9:19 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBerkshire20 hr
Aug 28, 10:47 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBerkshire18 hr
Aug 28, 12:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningALYBerkshire6 hr
Aug 28, 3:42 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningALYBerkshire44 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New York, 2011Flash Flood Warnings in Massachusetts, 2011Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.